| 紙 | [ zhǐ ] paper, CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2], classifier for documents, letter etc |
| 紙上談兵 | [ zhǐ shàng tán bīng ] lit. military tactics on paper (idiom), fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice, armchair strategist, idle theorizing, cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC |
| 紙人 | [ zhǐ rén ] paper doll, papercut silhouette |
| 紙人紙馬 | [ zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ ] paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| 紙包不住火 | [ zhǐ baō bù zhù huǒ ] lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out |
| 紙包飲品 | [ zhǐ baō yǐn pǐn ] juice box, drink in a carton, Tetra Pak drink |
| 紙品 | [ zhǐ pǐn ] paper products, stationery |
| 紙型 | [ zhǐ xíng ] paper matrix in which type is set |
| 紙堆 | [ zhǐ duī ] papers, stack of paper |
| 紙夾 | [ zhǐ jiā ] paper clip |
| 紙婚 | [ zhǐ hūn ] paper wedding (first year wedding anniversary) |
| 紙尿布 | [ zhǐ bù ] disposable diaper |
| 紙尿片 | [ zhǐ piàn ] disposable diaper |
| 紙尿褲 | [ zhǐ kù ] disposable diaper |
| 紙巾 | [ zhǐ jīn ] paper towel, napkin, facial tissue, CL:張|张[zhang1],包[bao1] |
| 紙帶 | [ zhǐ daì ] paper tape, ticker tape, paper streamer |
| 紙幣 | [ zhǐ bì ] bank notes, paper currency, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 紙張 | [ zhǐ zhāng ] paper |
| 紙杯 | [ zhǐ beī ] paper cup |
| 紙板 | [ zhǐ bǎn ] cardboard |
| 紙條 | [ zhǐ ] slip of paper |
| 紙樣 | [ zhǐ yàng ] paper pattern as model in dressmaking, paper patten |
| 紙漿 | [ zhǐ jiāng ] paper pulp |
| 紙火柴 | [ zhǐ huǒ chaí ] matches made of cardboard |
| 紙火鍋 | [ zhǐ huǒ guō ] paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table) |
| 紙灰 | [ zhǐ huī ] ash from burnt paper |
| 紙煙 | [ zhǐ yān ] cigarette |
| 紙煤兒 | [ zhǐ meí ] paper taper used to light cigarette etc |
| 紙片 | [ zhǐ piàn ] a piece, scrap or fragment of paper |
| 紙牌 | [ zhǐ paí ] playing card |
| 紙盆 | [ zhǐ pén ] paper cone used as hailer |
| 紙短情長 | [ zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng ] (idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings |
| 紙箔 | [ zhǐ bó ] joss paper |
| 紙箱 | [ zhǐ xiāng ] carton, cardboard box |
| 紙老虎 | [ zhǐ laǒ hǔ ] paper tiger |
| 紙花 | [ zhǐ huā ] paper flower |
| 紙草 | [ zhǐ caǒ ] papyrus |
| 紙葉子 | [ zhǐ yè zi ] deck of playing cards |
| 紙質 | [ zhǐ zhì ] paper, hard copy, printed (as opposed to electronically displayed) |
| 紙醉金迷 | [ zhǐ zuì jīn mí ] lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury |
| 紙鈔 | [ zhǐ chaō ] banknote |
| 紙錠 | [ zhǐ dìng ] paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead) |
| 紙錢 | [ zhǐ qián ] ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead |
| 紙馬 | [ zhǐ mǎ ] paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| 紙馬兒 | [ zhǐ mǎ ] erhua variant of 紙馬|纸马[zhi3 ma3] |
| 紙魚 | [ zhǐ yú ] silverfish (Lepisma saccarina), fish moth |
| 紙鳶 | [ zhǐ yuān ] kite |
| 紙鶴 | [ zhǐ hè ] paper crane |
| 紙鷂 | [ zhǐ yaò ] kite |
| 紙黃金 | [ zhǐ huáng jīn ] gold contract, special drawing right (SDR), paper gold (finance) |
| ⇒ 一紙空文 | [ yī zhǐ kōng wén ] a worthless piece of paper (idiom) |
| ⇒ 仿紙 | [ fǎng zhǐ ] copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice) |
| ⇒ 仿羊皮紙 | [ fǎng yáng pí zhǐ ] imitation parchment |
| ⇒ 便條紙 | [ biàn zhǐ ] scrap paper |
| ⇒ 保鮮紙 | [ baǒ xiān zhǐ ] plastic wrap, cling wrap, cling film |
| ⇒ 信紙 | [ xìn zhǐ ] letter paper, writing paper |
| ⇒ 再製紙 | [ zaì zhì zhǐ ] recycled paper |
| ⇒ 冥紙 | [ míng zhǐ ] joss paper made to resemble paper money |
| ⇒ 剪紙 | [ jiǎn zhǐ ] papercutting (Chinese folk art), to make paper cutouts |
| ⇒ 包裝紙 | [ baō zhuāng zhǐ ] wrapping paper |
| ⇒ 卡紙 | [ kǎ zhǐ ] cardboard, card stock |
| ⇒ 圖紙 | [ tú zhǐ ] blueprint, drawing, design plans, graph paper |
| ⇒ 報紙 | [ baò zhǐ ] newspaper, newsprint, CL:份[fen4],期[qi1],張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 報紙報導 | [ baò zhǐ baò daǒ ] newspaper report |
| ⇒ 墨紙 | [ mò zhǐ ] blotting paper |
| ⇒ 壁紙 | [ bì zhǐ ] wallpaper |
| ⇒ 妹紙 | [ meì zhǐ ] (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mei4 zi5]) |
| ⇒ 字紙簍 | [ zì zhǐ loǔ ] wastepaper basket |
| ⇒ 字紙簍子 | [ zì zhǐ loǔ zi ] see 字紙簍|字纸篓[zi4 zhi3 lou3] |
| ⇒ 宣紙 | [ xuān zhǐ ] fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui |
| ⇒ 廁紙 | [ cè zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 廢紙 | [ feì zhǐ ] waste paper |
| ⇒ 手紙 | [ shoǔ zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 抽紙 | [ choū zhǐ ] paper tissue (in a box) |
| ⇒ 拍紙簿 | [ paī zhǐ bù ] writing pad |
| ⇒ 招牌紙 | [ zhaō paí zhǐ ] label, sticker |
| ⇒ 摺紙 | [ zhé zhǐ ] paper folding, origami |
| ⇒ 擦腚紙 | [ cā dìng zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 放大紙 | [ fàng dà zhǐ ] enlarging paper (photography), bromide paper |
| ⇒ 故紙堆 | [ gù zhǐ duī ] a pile of old books |
| ⇒ 敬惜字紙 | [ jìng xī zì zhǐ ] to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom) |
| ⇒ 方格紙 | [ fāng gé zhǐ ] squared paper, graph paper, grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters) |
| ⇒ 板紙 | [ bǎn zhǐ ] paperboard, board |
| ⇒ 楮紙 | [ chǔ zhǐ ] kozogami |
| ⇒ 毛邊紙 | [ maó biān zhǐ ] fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc, also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1] |
| ⇒ 洛陽紙貴 | [ luò yáng zhǐ guì ] lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom), fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes |
| ⇒ 浮雕牆紙 | [ fú qiáng zhǐ ] anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper) |
| ⇒ 漿紙 | [ jiàng zhǐ ] paper pulp |
| ⇒ 濾紙 | [ lǜ zhǐ ] filter paper |
| ⇒ 無紙化 | [ wú zhǐ huà ] paperless |
| ⇒ 無紙化辦公 | [ wú zhǐ huà bàn gōng ] paperless office |
| ⇒ 燒紙 | [ shaō zhǐ ] to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) |
| ⇒ 牆紙 | [ qiáng zhǐ ] wallpaper |
| ⇒ 牛皮紙 | [ niú pí zhǐ ] kraft paper |
| ⇒ 玻璃紙 | [ bō li zhǐ ] cellophane |
| ⇒ 疊紙 | [ dié zhǐ ] to fold paper, origami |
| ⇒ 白報紙 | [ baí baò zhǐ ] newsprint |
| ⇒ 白棉紙 | [ baí mián zhǐ ] stencil tissue paper |
| ⇒ 白紙黑字 | [ baí zhǐ heī zì ] (written) in black and white |
| ⇒ 相紙 | [ xiàng zhǐ ] photographic paper |
| ⇒ 石蕊試紙 | [ shí ruǐ shì zhǐ ] litmus paper (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 砂紙 | [ shā zhǐ ] sandpaper (i.e. abrasive) |
| ⇒ 硬紙 | [ yìng zhǐ ] cardboard, stiff paper |
| ⇒ 碎紙機 | [ suì zhǐ jī ] paper shredder |
| ⇒ 稿紙 | [ gaǒ zhǐ ] draft paper |
| ⇒ 糊牆紙 | [ hú qiáng zhǐ ] wallpaper |
| ⇒ 糯米紙 | [ nuò mǐ zhǐ ] rice paper, membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc |
| ⇒ 紙人紙馬 | [ zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ ] paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| ⇒ 羊皮紙 | [ yáng pí zhǐ ] parchment |
| ⇒ 草紙 | [ caǒ zhǐ ] rough straw paper, toilet paper, brown paper |
| ⇒ 薄紙 | [ baó zhǐ ] thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) |
| ⇒ 蠟紙 | [ là zhǐ ] wax paper, stencil paper |
| ⇒ 蠶紙 | [ cán zhǐ ] paper on which silkworm lays its eggs |
| ⇒ 蠶繭紙 | [ cán jiǎn zhǐ ] paper made from silkworm cocoons |
| ⇒ 衛生用紙 | [ weì shēng yòng zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 衛生紙 | [ weì shēng zhǐ ] toilet paper, bathroom tissue |
| ⇒ 裁紙機 | [ caí zhǐ jī ] trimmer, paper cutter |
| ⇒ 複印紙 | [ fù yìn zhǐ ] photocopier paper |
| ⇒ 複寫紙 | [ fù xiě zhǐ ] carbon paper |
| ⇒ 貼紙 | [ tiē zhǐ ] sticker |
| ⇒ 躍然紙上 | [ yuè rán zhǐ shàng ] to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc), to stand out markedly |
| ⇒ 造紙 | [ zaò zhǐ ] papermaking |
| ⇒ 造紙術 | [ zaò zhǐ shù ] papermaking process |
| ⇒ 還魂紙 | [ huán hún zhǐ ] recycled paper |
| ⇒ 金迷紙醉 | [ jīn mí zhǐ zuì ] lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury |
| ⇒ 鋁箔紙 | [ lǚ bó zhǐ ] aluminum foil |
| ⇒ 錫箔紙 | [ xī bó zhǐ ] aluminum foil, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 鎮紙 | [ zhèn zhǐ ] paperweight |
| ⇒ 鑽故紙堆 | [ zuān gù zhǐ duī ] to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers |
| ⇒ 電紙書 | [ diàn zhǐ shū ] electronic book reader |
| ⇒ 靶紙 | [ bǎ zhǐ ] target sheet |
| ⇒ 餐巾紙 | [ cān jīn zhǐ ] paper napkin, serviette |
| ⇒ 馬糞紙 | [ mǎ fèn zhǐ ] strawboard |
| ⇒ 鹼法紙漿 | [ jiǎn fǎ zhǐ jiāng ] alkali pulp |