| 閥 | [ fá ] powerful individual, family or group, clique, (loanword) valve |
| 閥芯 | [ fá xīn ] valve stem |
| 閥門 | [ fá mén ] valve (mechanical) |
| ⇒ 北洋軍閥 | [ beǐ yáng jūn fá ] the Northern Warlords (1912-1927) |
| ⇒ 吸入閥 | [ xī rù fá ] suction valve |
| ⇒ 奉系軍閥 | [ fèng xì jūn fá ] Fengtian clique (of northern warlords) |
| ⇒ 安全閥 | [ ān quán fá ] safety valve |
| ⇒ 底閥 | [ dǐ fá ] bottom valve, foot valve |
| ⇒ 桂系軍閥 | [ guì xì jūn fá ] Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930 |
| ⇒ 汽閥 | [ qì fá ] steam valve |
| ⇒ 皖系軍閥 | [ wǎn xì jūn fá ] Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929 |
| ⇒ 直係軍閥 | [ zhí xì jūn fá ] the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords |
| ⇒ 筒閥 | [ tǒng fá ] a sleeve valve |
| ⇒ 節流閥 | [ jié liú fá ] a throttle |
| ⇒ 財閥 | [ caí fá ] plutocracy, monopolistic corporation, esp. prewar Japanese zaibatsu, Korean chaebol, plutocrat, tycoon, oligarch, financial magnate |
| ⇒ 軍閥 | [ jūn fá ] military clique, junta, warlord |
| ⇒ 軍閥混戰 | [ jūn fá hùn zhàn ] incessant fighting between warlords |
| ⇒ 門閥 | [ mén fá ] rich and powerful family |
| ⇒ 頂閥 | [ dǐng fá ] top valve, head valve |