| 台子 | tai2 zi5 | desk |
| 外债 | wai4 zhai4 | foreign debt |
| 张三 | zhang1 san1 | John Doe |
| 洛杉矶 | luo4 shan1 ji1 | Los Angeles, California |
| 爽快 | shuang3 kuai4 | rejuvenated |
| 西域 | xi1 yu4 | turkestan |
| 变相 | bian4 xiang1 bian4 xiang4 | in disguised form |
| 叠韵 | die2 yun4 | two or more characters with the same vowel formati |
| 四化 | si4 hua4 | Four Modernizations |
| 外婆 | wai4 po2 | (coll.) mother's mother |
| 拘束 | ju1 shu4 | awkward |
| 橄榄石 | gan3 lan3 shi2 | peridot |
| 瓦 | wa3 | roof tile |