| 都督 | dū dū | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) |  |
| 去台 | qù Tái | to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 | |
| 建政 | jiàn zhèng | to establish a government / esp. refers to communist takeover of 1949 | |
| 解放后 | jiě fàng hòu | after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949 | |
| 伴侣号 | Bàn lu:3 Hào | HMS Consort, Royal Navy destroyer involved in 1949 Amethyst incident on Changjiang | |
| 淮海战役 | Huái hǎi Zhàn yì | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war | |
| 平津战役 | Píng jīn Zhàn yì | Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War | |
| 一九四九 | yī jiǔ sì jiǔ | 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan | |
| 三自教会 | Sān zì Jiào huì | Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949 | |
| 共同纲领 | gòng tóng gāng lǐng | common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan | |
| 紫石英号 | Zǐ shí yīng Hào | HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang | |
| 糖衣炮弹 | táng yī pào dàn | sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences | |
| 国共内战 | Guó - Gòng Nèi zhàn | Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) | |
| 1949年NBA季后赛 | | Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) | |
| 一九四九年 | yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián | 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan | |
| 日内瓦公约 | rì nèi wǎ gōng yuē | 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan | |
| 第一议定书 | dì yī yì dìng shū | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts / Protocol I | |
| 第三议定书 | dì sān yì dìng shū | Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem / Protocol III | |
| 第二议定书 | | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts / Protocol II | |
| 三自爱国教会 | Sān zì Aì guó Jiào huì | Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949 | |
| 第一次中东战争 | dì yī cì zhōng dōng zhàn zhēng | Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949 | |
| 1949年日内瓦四公约 | | Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts / Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims / Geneva Conventions of 1949 | |
| 1949年全面停战协定 | | General Armistice Agreements of 1949 | |
