| 荤 | [ hūn ] strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc), non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc), vulgar, obscene |
| 荤油 | [ hūn yoú ] lard, animal fat |
| 荤笑话 | [ hūn hua ] dirty jokes, jokes of a visceral nature |
| 荤粥 | [ xūn yù ] an ethnic group in ancient northern China |
| 荤素 | [ hūn sù ] meat and vegetable |
| 荤腥 | [ hūn xīng ] meat and fish |
| 荤菜 | [ hūn caì ] non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) |
| 荤辛 | [ hūn xīn ] very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term) |
| ⇒ 七荤八素 | [ qī hūn bā sù ] confused, distracted |
| ⇒ 五荤 | [ wǔ hūn ] (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander |
| ⇒ 有荤有素 | [ yoǔ hūn yoǔ sù ] to include both meat and vegetables |
| ⇒ 油荤 | [ yoú hūn ] meat foods |
| ⇒ 茹荤 | [ rú hūn ] to eat meat |
| ⇒ 茹荤饮酒 | [ rú hūn yǐn jiǔ ] to eat meat and drink wine |
| ⇒ 开荤 | [ kaī hūn ] to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet, (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience |