| 地方 | dì fang | area / place / space / room / territory / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] |   |
| 地区 | dì qū | local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 领域 | lǐng yù | domain / sphere / field / territory / area | |
| 面积 | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land | |
| 区域 | qū yù | area / region / district | |
| 一方 | yī fāng | a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region | |
| 地域 | dì yù | area / district / region | |
| 区块 | qū kuài | block / segment / section / sector / area | |
| 农村 | nóng cūn | rural area / village / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 专区 | zhuān qū | area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture | |
| 讨论区 | tǎo lùn qū | forum (esp. online) / discussion area / feedback | |
| 分布 | fēn bù | to scatter / to distribute / to be distributed (over an area etc) / (statistical, geographic) distribution | |
| 大片 | dà piàn | wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie | |
| 后台 | hòu tái | backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background | |
| 景区 | jǐng qū | scenic area | |
| 分区 | fēn qū | allocated area (for housing, industry etc) / district | |
| 局域网 | jú yù wǎng | local area network (LAN) | |
| 城区 | chéng qū | city district / urban area | |
| 领导小组 | lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ | leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group | |
| 民工 | mín gōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project | |
| 山区 | shān qū | mountain area / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 农民工 | nóng mín gōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) | |
| 全能 | quán néng | omnipotent / all-round / strong in every area | |
| 风景区 | fēng jǐng qū | landscaped area | |
| 区间 | qū jiān | delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval | |
| 禁区 | jìn qū | restricted area / forbidden region | |
| 天后 | Tiān hòu | Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) | |
| 园地 | yuán dì | garden area | |
| 海域 | hǎi yù | sea area / territorial waters / maritime space | |
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin / valley / drainage area | |
| 展位 | zhǎn wèi | relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area | |
| 占地面积 | zhàn dì miàn ji | floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) | |
| 北京地区 | běi jīng dì qū | the Beijing area | |
| 军区 | jūn qū | geographical area of command / (PLA) military district | |
| 乡下 | xiāng xia | countryside / rural area / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 绿地 | lu:4 dì | green area (e.g. urban park or garden) | |
| 总面积 | zǒng miàn jī | total area / overall surface area | |
| 区号 | qū hào | area code | |
| 天府 | Tiān fǔ | Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty | |
| 山地 | shān dì | mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country | |
| 灾区 | zāi qū | disaster area / stricken region | |
| 中段 | zhōng duàn | middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- | |
| 田间 | tián jiān | field / farm / farming area / village | |
| 闹市 | nào shì | downtown area / city center | |
| 切入 | qiē rù | to cut into / to incise / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / cut (offensive moves in basketball) | |
| 造诣 | zào yì | level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb | |
| 保税区 | bǎo shuì qū | duty-free district / tariff-free zone / bonded area | |
| 沿岸 | yán àn | coastal area / littoral or riparian | |
| 矿区 | kuàng qū | mining site / mining area | |
| 顶楼 | dǐng lóu | top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) | |
| 徐家汇 | Xú jiā huì | Xujiahui, an area in 徐匯區|徐汇区[Xu2 hui4 qu1], Xuhui district, central Shanghai | |
| 方丈 | fāng zhang | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber | |
| 住宅区 | zhù zhái qū | residential area / housing development | |
| 边疆 | biān jiāng | border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region | |
| 死角 | sǐ jiǎo | gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end | |
| 城关 | chéng guān | area outside a city gate | |
| 贫困地区 | pín kùn dì qū | poor region / impoverished area | |
| 发达地区 | fā dá dì qū | developed area | |
| 禁地 | jìn dì | forbidden area / restricted area / (fig.) sth considered off-limits | |
| 见长 | jiàn cháng | to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) / Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长[yi3 yan2 jiu1 jian4 chang2] to be known for one's research | |
| 林场 | lín chǎng | forestry station / forest management area | |
| 成片 | chéng piàn | (of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area | |
| 疫区 | yì qū | epidemic area | |
| 研究领域 | yán jiū lǐng yù | research area / field of research | |
| 港区 | gǎng qū | port area | |
| 广域网 | guǎng yù wǎng | wide area network / WAN | |
| 居民区 | jū mín qū | residential area / neighborhood | |
| 城域网 | chéng yù wǎng | metropolitan area network | |
| 开垦 | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow | |
| 绿茵 | lu:4 yīn | grassy area | |
| 街市 | jiē shì | downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc | |
| 公网 | gōng wǎng | (computing) public network / wide area network / Internet | |
| 自由贸易区 | zì yóu mào yì qū | free trade zone / free trade area | |
| 眉间 | méi jiān | the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella | |
| 边陲 | biān chuí | border area / frontier | |
| 店堂 | diàn táng | customer area of a store / showroom / dining area of a restaurant | |
| 单产 | dān chǎn | yield per unit area | |
| 太岁 | Tài suì | Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area | |
| 灌区 | guàn qū | area under irrigation | |
| 一技之长 | yī jì zhī cháng | proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) | |
| 女将 | nu:3 jiàng | female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise | |
| 安全区 | ān quán qū | a safe area / a security zone | |
| 尖沙咀 | Jiān shā zuǐ | Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong | |
| 荒郊 | huāng jiāo | desolate area outside a town | |
| 边区 | biān qū | border area | |
| 山乡 | shān xiāng | mountain area | |
| 耕地面积 | gēng dì miàn jī | area of arable land | |
| 重灾区 | zhòng zāi qū | area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area | |
| 隔间 | gé jiān | compartment / booth / cubicle / partitioned-off area | |
| 充填 | chōng tián | to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled | |
| 雷区 | | mined area | |
| 雁荡山 | Yàn dàng shān | Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang | |
| 电话区号 | diàn huà qū hào | telephone area code | |
| 港澳地区 | Gǎng Aò dì qū | Hong Kong and Macao area | |
| 普降 | pǔ jiàng | precipitation over a large area / widespread rain | |
| 区码 | qū mǎ | area code / telephone dialing code | |
| 什刹海 | shí chà hǎi | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes | |
| 考区 | kǎo qū | the exam area / the district where an exam takes place | |
| 控制区 | kòng zhì qū | control area / control point | |
| 郊野 | jiāo yě | open area outside the city / countryside | |
