- 秦qínQin dynasty (221-206 BC, the first imperial dynasty of China); short name for Shaanxi province (used in compounds like 秦岭, 秦腔)HSK 7-9
- 莱西Lái xīLaixi (a county-level city in Shandong province, China)HSK 7-9
- 西城xī chéngXicheng District (in Beijing)HSK 7-9
- 库伦Kù lúnUrga (historical name for Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia)HSK 7-9
- 江南Jiāng nánthe Jiangnan region, south of the lower Yangtze RiverHSK 7-9
- 延边Yán biānYanbian (Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin, China)HSK 7-9
- 和龙Hé lóngHelong (city in Jilin, China)HSK 7-9
- 新田Xīn tiánXintian (county in Hunan, China)HSK 7-9
- 金田jīn tiánJintian (a town in Guangxi, site of the Jintian Uprising)HSK 7-9
- 关东Guān dōng(historical place name) the region east of Shanhaiguan, i.e., Northeast China (Manchuria); (geographic name) Kantō region of Japan (around Tokyo)HSK 7-9
- 广东Guǎng dōngGuangdong ProvinceHSK 7-9
- 棱lēngused in the place name 穆棱 (Mùlíng)HSK 7-9
- 胡同hú tònglane, alley (especially the historic residential laneways found in Beijing)HSK 5
- 伊利诺伊州Yī lì nuò yī zhōuIllinois (US state)HSK 7-9
- 泌bì(in place names) used in 泌阳 (Bìyáng, a county in Henan)HSK 7-9
- 全州Quán zhōusee 全州縣|全州县[Quan2 zhou1 Xian4]HSK 7-9
- 普格Pǔ géPuge (county in Liangshan, Sichuan)HSK 7-9
- 津门jīn mén(noun) checkpoint at a ferry, an inspection station on an ancient water transport route; (noun) another name for Tianjin, with literary and historical connotationsHSK 7-9
- 东海Dōng hǎiEast China Sea; Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)HSK 7-9
- 兰州lán zhōuLanzhou (capital of Gansu Province)HSK 7-9
- 长春Cháng chūnChangchun (capital of Jilin Province)HSK 7-9
- 依安Yī ānYī'ān (county in Heilongjiang Province)HSK 7-9
- 哈尔滨Hā ěr bīnHarbin (capital of Heilongjiang Province)HSK 7-9
- 西安Xī ānXi'an (capital of Shaanxi Province)HSK 7-9
- 九州Jiǔ zhōu(poetic) a name for China; (geography) Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan; (historical) the nine ancient divisions of ChinaHSK 7-9
- 北海Běi hǎiNorth Sea; Beihai Park (a historic imperial garden in Beijing)HSK 7-9
- 杭hángabbreviation for Hangzhou (杭州)HSK 7-9
- 汶wènthe Wen River (in Shandong)HSK 7-9
- 沅yuánYuan River (in Guizhou and Hunan provinces, China)HSK 7-9
- 黄龙Huáng lóngHuanglong (a county in Shaanxi province, China; also a scenic area in Sichuan)HSK 7-9
- 内地nèi dìinland area, interior (as opposed to coastal regions); mainland China (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan)HSK 7-9
- 喀什Kā shíKashgar (city in Xinjiang, China)HSK 7-9
- 达州Dá zhōuDazhou (prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, China)HSK 7-9
- 丹东Dān dōngDandong (city in Liaoning, China)HSK 7-9