| 锈 | [ xiù ] to corrode, to rust |
| 锈蚀 | [ xiù shí ] corrosion, rust |
| 锈斑 | [ xiù bān ] rust spot, blemish (on plants) |
| 锈红腹旋木雀 | [ xiù hóng fù xuán mù què ] (bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis) |
| 锈胸蓝姬鹟 | [ xiù xiōng lán jī wēng ] (bird species of China) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsonii) |
| 锈腹短翅鸫 | [ xiù fù duǎn chì dōng ] (bird species of China) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra) |
| 锈脸钩嘴鹛 | [ xiù liǎn goū zuǐ meí ] (bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) |
| 锈铁 | [ xiù tiě ] rusty iron |
| 锈额斑翅鹛 | [ xiù é bān chì meí ] (bird species of China) rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni) |
| ⇒ 不锈钢 | [ bù xiù gāng ] stainless steel |
| ⇒ 不锈钢 | [ bù xiù gāng ] stainless steel |
| ⇒ 不锈铁 | [ bù xiù tiě ] stainless iron |
| ⇒ 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 | [ daō bù mó yaò shēng xiù rén bù xué yaò luò hoù ] a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom) |
| ⇒ 永不生锈的螺丝钉 | [ yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng ] a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed |
| ⇒ 生锈 | [ shēng xiù ] to rust, to grow rusty, to corrode, oxidization |
| ⇒ 脑子生锈 | [ naǒ zi shēng xiù ] lit. brains rusty, ossified thinking |
| ⇒ 茶锈 | [ chá xiù ] tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc) |
| ⇒ 铁锈 | [ tiě xiù ] rust |
| ⇒ 防锈 | [ fáng xiù ] rust prevention, anti-corrosion |