| 銳 | [ ruì ] acute |
| 銳不可當 | [ ruì bù kě dāng ] unstoppable, hard to hold back |
| 銳利 | [ ruì lì ] sharp, keen, acute, incisive, penetrating, perceptive |
| 銳化 | [ ruì huà ] to sharpen |
| 銳志 | [ ruì zhì ] firm determination |
| 銳意 | [ ruì yì ] acute determination, dauntless |
| 銳敏 | [ ruì mǐn ] acute, astute, perceptive |
| 銳步 | [ ruì bù ] Reebok (sportswear manufacturer) |
| 銳氣 | [ ruì qì ] acute spirit, dash, drive |
| 銳減 | [ ruì jiǎn ] steep decline |
| 銳角 | [ ruì ] acute angle |
| 銳評 | [ ruì píng ] (neologism) incisive commentary (abbr. for 銳利評論|锐利评论[rui4 li4 ping2 lun4]) |
| 銳進 | [ ruì jìn ] to advance, to rush forward |
| ⇒ 尖銳 | [ jiān ruì ] sharp, intense, penetrating, pointed, acute (illness) |
| ⇒ 尖銳化 | [ jiān ruì huà ] to intensify, to become acute, to come to a head |
| ⇒ 尖銳批評 | [ jiān ruì pī píng ] sharp criticism |
| ⇒ 尖銳濕疣 | [ jiān ruì shī yoú ] genital wart, condyloma acuminatum |
| ⇒ 敏銳 | [ mǐn ruì ] keen, sharp, acute |
| ⇒ 新銳 | [ xīn ruì ] cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc), novel and competitive, new and dashing |
| ⇒ 楊銳 | [ yáng ruì ] Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898, Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News |
| ⇒ 精銳 | [ jīng ruì ] elite (e.g. troops), crack, best quality personnel |
| ⇒ 避其銳氣，擊其惰歸 | [ bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī ] avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom) |
| ⇒ 養精蓄銳 | [ yǎng jīng xù ruì ] to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push |