| 光棍 | guāng gùn | gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person | ![]() |
| 单身汉 | dān shēn hàn | bachelor / single man | ![]() |
| 士 | shì | member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker | ![]() |
| 鳏夫 | guān fū | old wifeless man / bachelor / widower | ![]() |
| 光棍儿 | guāng gùn r | bachelor / single man (erhua variant of 光棍[guang1gun4]) | ![]() |
| 王老五 | wáng lǎo wǔ | bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs) | ![]() |
| 旷夫 | kuàng fū | bachelor / unmarried man | ![]() |
| 未娶 | wèi qǔ | a bachelor / an unmarried man | ![]() |
| 未娶妻 | wèi qǔ qī | not yet married / bachelor | ![]() |
| 跑腿子 | pǎo tuǐ zi | (dialect) to live as a bachelor / bachelor | ![]() |
| 文学士 | wén xué shì | Bachelor of Arts / B.A. / BA / A.B. / Artium Baccalaureus | ![]() |
| 打光棍 | dǎ guāng gùn | to live as a bachelor | ![]() |
| 文科学士 | wén kē xué shì | Bachelor of Arts B.A. | ![]() |
| 法学士 | fǎ xué shì | Bachelor of Laws / Legum Baccalaureus | ![]() |
| 理科学士 | lǐ kē xué shì | Bachelor of Science B.Sc. | ![]() |
| 神学士 | shén xué shì | student of theology / Bachelor of Divinity / Taleban (Farsi: student) | ![]() |
| 钻石王老五 | zuàn shí wáng lǎo wǔ | highly eligible bachelor / desirable male partner | ![]() |
