| 面包 | miàn bāo | bread / CL:片[pian4],袋[dai4],塊|块[kuai4] |  |
| 馒头 | mán tou | steamed roll / steamed bun / steamed bread / CL:個|个[ge4] |  |
| 大饼 | dà bǐng | large flat bread | |
| 土司 | tǔ sī | sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties | |
| 粮仓 | liáng cāng | granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) | |
| 粗茶淡饭 | cū chá dàn fàn | plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water | |
| 烙饼 | lào bǐng | pancake / flat bread / griddle cake | |
| 发面 | fā miàn | to leaven dough / to make bread | |
| 花卷 | huā juǎn | Chinese steamed twisted bread roll | |
| 烤面包 | kǎo miàn bāo | toast / to bake bread | |
| 糌粑 | zān bā | tsamba, Tibetan barley bread | |
| 窝窝头 | wō wo tóu | a kind of a bread | |
| 小面包 | xiǎo miàn bāo | bread roll / bun | |
| 面包片 | miàn bāo piān | bread slice / sliced bread | |
| 面包片 | miàn bāo piàn | bread slice / sliced bread | |
| 馒 |  mán | steamed bread | |
| 馕 | náng | a kind of a flat bread | |
| 糌 | zān | zanba, Tibetan barley bread | |
| 衣食父母 | yī shí fù mǔ | the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter | |
| 吐司 | tǔ sī | sliced bread (loanword from "toast") | |
| 圆面饼 | yuán miàn bǐng | round flat bread / pita bread | |
| 杠头 | gàng tóu | (old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5] | |
| 皮塔饼 | pí tǎ bǐng | pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) (loanword) | |
| 袋子包 | dài zi bāo | pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) | |
| 高筋面粉 | gāo jīn miàn fěn | bread flour / hard flour | |
| 麸皮面包 | fū pí miàn bāo | whole-wheat bread | |
| 施世面包研究所 | shī shì miàn bāo yán jiū suǒ | Bread for the World Institute | |
| 接受赈济 | jiē shòu zhèn jì | bread line | |
| 羊肉泡馍 | yáng ròu pào mó | mutton and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine) | |
| 猪仔包 | zhū zǎi bāo | a French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao | |
| 泡馍 | pào mó | meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine) | |
| 涂抹酱 | tú mǒ jiàng | spread (for putting on bread etc) | |
| 吃别人嚼过的馍不香 | chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng | lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first | |
| 面包机 | miàn bāo jī | bread making machine / bread maker | |
