| 鸯 | [ yāng ] mandarin duck |
| ⇒ 野鸳鸯 | [ yě yuān yāng ] wild mandarin duck, (derog.) illicit lovers, unorthodox couple |
| ⇒ 鸳鸯 | [ yuān yāng ] (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), (fig.) affectionate couple, happily married couple |
| ⇒ 鸳鸯戏水 | [ yuān yāng xì shuǐ ] lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water, fig. to make love |
| ⇒ 鸳鸯浴 | [ yuān yāng yù ] taking a bath together as a couple |
| ⇒ 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | [ yuān yang hú dié ] Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds), derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 |
| ⇒ 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | [ yuān yang hú dié paì ] Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists |
| ⇒ 鸳鸯锅 | [ yuān yang guō ] "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other) |