| 吏 | [ lì ] minor government official or functionary (old) |
| 吏治 | [ lì zhì ] style of governing (of minor official), achievement in office |
| 吏胥 | [ lì xū ] minor official |
| 吏部 | [ lì bù ] Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China) |
| ⇒ 假吏 | [ jiǎ lì ] acting magistrate, temporary official (in former times) |
| ⇒ 奸官污吏 | [ jiān guān wū lì ] traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption |
| ⇒ 官吏 | [ guān lì ] bureaucrat, official |
| ⇒ 屬吏 | [ shǔ lì ] (old) subordinate, underling |
| ⇒ 從吏 | [ cóng lì ] minor official, to be an official |
| ⇒ 故吏 | [ gù lì ] (literary) former subordinate |
| ⇒ 污吏 | [ wū lì ] a corrupt official |
| ⇒ 獄吏 | [ yù lì ] prison guard, jailer (old) |
| ⇒ 胥吏 | [ xū lì ] low-level government official (in former times) |
| ⇒ 蠹吏 | [ dù lì ] corrupt officials |
| ⇒ 貪官污吏 | [ tān guān wū lì ] grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption |
| ⇒ 贓官污吏 | [ zāng guān wū lì ] grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption |