| 丹 | [ dān ] red, pellet, powder, cinnabar |
| 丹佛 | [ dān fó ] Denver, Colorado |
| 丹參 | [ dān shēn ] (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) |
| 丹寧 | [ dān níng ] (loanword) denim, tannin |
| 丹寨 | [ dān zhaì ] Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 丹寨縣 | [ dān zhaì xiàn ] Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 丹尼 | [ dān ní ] Danny (name) |
| 丹尼斯 | [ dān ní sī ] Dennis (name) |
| 丹尼爾 | [ dān ní ěr ] Daniel (name) |
| 丹尼索瓦人 | [ dān ní suǒ wǎ rén ] Denisovan, an extinct species of human |
| 丹巴 | [ dān bā ] Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) |
| 丹巴縣 | [ dān bā xiàn ] Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) |
| 丹布朗 | [ dān bù lǎng ] Dan Brown (American novelist) |
| 丹彩 | [ dān caǐ ] vermilion, rhetorical language |
| 丹徒 | [ dān tú ] Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 丹徒區 | [ dān tú qū ] Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 丹心 | [ dān xīn ] loyal heart, loyalty |
| 丹方 | [ dān fāng ] folk remedy |
| 丹東 | [ dān dōng ] Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China |
| 丹東市 | [ dān dōng shì ] Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China |
| 丹桂 | [ dān guì ] orange osmanthus |
| 丹毒 | [ dān dú ] erysipelas (medicine) |
| 丹江口 | [ dān jiāng koǔ ] Danjiangkou county level city in Shiyan 十堰[Shi2 yan4], Hubei |
| 丹江口市 | [ dān jiāng koǔ shì ] Danjiangkou county level city in Shiyan 十堰[Shi2 yan4], Hubei |
| 丹沙 | [ dān shā ] cinnabar (used in TCM) |
| 丹瑞 | [ dān ruì ] General Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar army officer and politician, leader of the military junta 1992-2011 |
| 丹瑞大將 | [ dān ruì dà jiàng ] Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011 |
| 丹田 | [ dān tián ] pubic region, point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides |
| 丹皮 | [ dān pí ] the root bark of the peony tree |
| 丹砂 | [ dān shā ] cinnabar, mercuric sulfide HgS |
| 丹稜 | [ dān léng ] Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 丹稜縣 | [ dān léng xiàn ] Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 丹衷 | [ dān zhōng ] real sincerity |
| 丹貝 | [ dān beì ] see 天貝|天贝[tian1 bei4] |
| 丹陽 | [ dān yáng ] Danyang county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhen4 jiang1], Jiangsu |
| 丹陽市 | [ dān yáng shì ] Danyang county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhen4 jiang1], Jiangsu |
| 丹霞 | [ dān xiá ] Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong, Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone) |
| 丹霞地貌 | [ dān xiá dì maò ] Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone) |
| 丹霞山 | [ dān xiá shān ] Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong |
| 丹青 | [ dān qīng ] painting |
| 丹頂鶴 | [ dān dǐng hè ] (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 丹魄 | [ dān pò ] amber |
| 丹鳳 | [ dān fèng ] Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi |
| 丹鳳 | [ dān fèng ] red phoenix |
| 丹鳳眼 | [ dān fèng yǎn ] red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards) |
| 丹鳳縣 | [ dān fèng xiàn ] Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi |
| 丹麥 | [ dān maì ] Denmark |
| 丹麥包 | [ dān maì baō ] Danish pastry |
| ⇒ 不丹 | [ bù dān ] Bhutan |
| ⇒ 于丹 | [ yú dān ] Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter |
| ⇒ 仁丹 | [ rén dān ] Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905 |
| ⇒ 仙丹 | [ xiān dān ] elixir, magic potion |
| ⇒ 伊勢丹 | [ yī shì dān ] Isetan, Japanese department store |
| ⇒ 佐丹奴 | [ zuǒ dān nú ] Giordano (brand) |
| ⇒ 內丹 | [ neì dān ] Taoist internal alchemy |
| ⇒ 八二丹 | [ bā èr dān ] eight-to-two powder (TCM) |
| ⇒ 八寶丹 | [ bā baǒ dān ] eight-jewel elixir (TCM) |
| ⇒ 加里曼丹 | [ jiā lǐ màn dān ] Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo) |
| ⇒ 加里曼丹島 | [ jiā lǐ màn dān daǒ ] Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island) |
| ⇒ 南丹 | [ nán dān ] Nandan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 南丹縣 | [ nán dān xiàn ] Nandan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 南蘇丹 | [ nán sū dān ] South Sudan |
| ⇒ 史丹佛 | [ shǐ dān fó ] Stanford (University), also written 斯坦福[Si1 tan3 fu2] |
| ⇒ 史丹福大學 | [ shǐ dān fú dà xué ] Stanford University |
| ⇒ 史丹頓島 | [ shǐ dān dùn daǒ ] Staten Island, borough of New York City |
| ⇒ 各拉丹冬山 | [ gè lā dān dōng shān ] Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[Tang2 gu3 la1 Shan1 mai4] |
| ⇒ 各拉丹冬峰 | [ gè lā dān dōng fēng ] Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[Tang2 gu3 la1 Shan1 mai4] |
| ⇒ 吉蘭丹 | [ jí lán dān ] Kelantan (state of Malaysia) |
| ⇒ 吉蘭丹州 | [ jí lán dān zhoū ] Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3] |
| ⇒ 吉蘭丹河 | [ jí lán dān hé ] Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border |
| ⇒ 喬丹 | [ dān ] Jordan (name) |
| ⇒ 士丹利 | [ shì dān lì ] Stanley (name) |
| ⇒ 外丹 | [ waì dān ] Taoist external alchemy |
| ⇒ 大丹犬 | [ dà dān quǎn ] Great Dane (dog breed) |
| ⇒ 天竺牡丹 | [ tiān zhú mǔ dan ] dahlia |
| ⇒ 太子丹 | [ taì zǐ dān ] Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| ⇒ 契丹 | [ qì dān ] Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] |
| ⇒ 山丹 | [ shān dān ] Shandan county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[Zhang1 ye4], Gansu |
| ⇒ 山丹 | [ shān dān ] coral lily (Lilium pumilum) |
| ⇒ 山丹丹 | [ shān dān dān ] see 山丹[shan1 dan1] |
| ⇒ 山丹丹 | [ shān dān dān ] see 山丹[shan1 dan1] |
| ⇒ 山丹縣 | [ shān dān xiàn ] Shandan county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[Zhang1 ye4], Gansu |
| ⇒ 布隆方丹 | [ bù lóng fāng dān ] Bloemfontein |
| ⇒ 張丹 | [ zhāng dān ] Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater |
| ⇒ 志丹 | [ zhì dān ] Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 志丹縣 | [ zhì dān xiàn ] Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 拉馬丹 | [ lā mǎ dān ] Ramadan (loanword) |
| ⇒ 摩根士丹利 | [ mó gēn shì dān lì ] Morgan Stanley (financial services company) |
| ⇒ 煉丹 | [ liàn dān ] to concoct pills of immortality |
| ⇒ 煉丹八卦爐 | [ liàn dān bā guà lú ] eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality, symbol of the alchemist's art, Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
| ⇒ 煉丹術 | [ liàn dān shù ] maker of immortality pill, concocting magic pills |
| ⇒ 燕太子丹 | [ yān taì zǐ dān ] Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC |
| ⇒ 牡丹 | [ mǔ dan ] Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong, Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 牡丹 | [ mǔ dan ] tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) |
| ⇒ 牡丹亭 | [ mǔ dan tíng ] The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3] |
| ⇒ 牡丹區 | [ mǔ dan qū ] Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong |
| ⇒ 牡丹卡 | [ mǔ dan kǎ ] Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) |
| ⇒ 牡丹坊 | [ mǔ dan fāng ] Peony Lane |
| ⇒ 牡丹江 | [ mǔ dan jiāng ] Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China |
| ⇒ 牡丹江地區 | [ mǔ dan jiāng dì qū ] Mudanjiang prefecture in Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 牡丹江市 | [ mǔ dan jiāng shì ] Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China |
| ⇒ 牡丹皮 | [ mǔ dan pí ] root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM) |
| ⇒ 牡丹鄉 | [ mǔ dan xiāng ] Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ quán zhàng lǜ yè fú ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ quán píng lǜ yè fú chí ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 王丹 | [ wáng dān ] Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
| ⇒ 甘丹寺 | [ gān dān sì ] Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县[Da2 zi1 xian4], Lhasa, Tibet |
| ⇒ 紅毛丹 | [ hóng maó dān ] rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum) |
| ⇒ 萊麥丹 | [ laí maì dān ] Ramadan (loanword) |
| ⇒ 萬丹 | [ wàn dān ] Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 萬丹鄉 | [ wàn dān xiāng ] Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 萬應靈丹 | [ wàn yìng líng dān ] panacea |
| ⇒ 萬靈丹 | [ wàn líng dān ] panacea, cure-all |
| ⇒ 蔻丹 | [ koù dān ] nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex") |
| ⇒ 蘇丹 | [ sū dān ] Sudan, sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor) |
| ⇒ 贊丹 | [ zàn dān ] Zaandam (town in Netherlands) |
| ⇒ 邁克爾b7喬丹 | [ maì kè ěr dān ] Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player |
| ⇒ 銀丹 | [ yín dān ] lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent) |
| ⇒ 阿丹 | [ ā dān ] Adam (name), Aden, capital of Yemen |
| ⇒ 阿姆斯特丹 | [ ā mǔ sī tè dān ] Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands |
| ⇒ 雅丹地貌 | [ yǎ dān dì maò ] Yardang landform (formed by wind erosion) |
| ⇒ 靈丹妙藥 | [ líng dān yaò ] effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems, panacea, elixir |
| ⇒ 馬纓丹 | [ mǎ yīng dān ] lantana (botany) |
| ⇒ 鹿特丹 | [ lù tè dān ] Rotterdam, port city in the Netherlands |
