"Bullet" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 子弹 | zǐ dàn | bullet / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1] |   |
| 枪弹 | qiāng dàn | bullet | |
| 弹 |  dàn | crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball | |
| 枪子 | qiāng zǐ | bullet | |
| 卫生丸 | wèi shēng wán | mothball / (jocular term) bullet | |
| 飞弹 | fēi dàn | (Tw) missile / stray bullet | |
| 中弹 | zhòng dàn | to get hit by a bullet / to get shot | |
| 流弹 | liú dàn | stray bullet | |
| 梭子 | suō zi | (textiles) shuttle / cartridge clip / classifier for bullet clips and bursts of gunfire | |
| 哑 | yǎ | mute / dumb / incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse / husky / (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud | |
| 弹孔 | dàn kǒng | bullet hole | |
| 咬紧牙关 | yǎo jǐn yá guān | lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom) / fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain / to bite the bullet | |
| 弹痕 | dàn hén | bullet hole / shell hole | |
| 达姆弹 | dá mǔ dàn | (loanword) dumdum bullet / expanding bullet | |
| 子弹火车 | zǐ dàn huǒ chē | bullet train / Shinkansen 新幹線|新干线, Japanese high-speed train | |
| 臭子儿 | chòu zǐ r | dead bullet (one that does not fire) / a bad move (in a game of chess) | |
| 重齿铁线子木 | bullet wood / beefwood | | |
| 圆花鲣 | yuán huā jiān | bullet tuna | |
| 橡皮子弹 | rubber bullet | | |
| 尖头子弹 | ogival bullet | | |
| 半平头弹 | semi-wadcutter bullet / SWC bullet | | |
| 蘑菰型弹头 | mushroom bullet / expanding bullet | | |
| 扩张型弹头 | mushroom bullet / expanding bullet | | |
| 弹头壳 | bullet jacket | | |
| 爆炸性子弹 | explosive bullet | | |
| 炸裂弹 | explosive bullet | | |
| 被帽弹丸 | capped bullet / metal point bullet | | |
| 虚发 | xū fā | to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow) | |
| □ | biū | (onom.) pew! (sound of a bullet fired from a gun) / also pr. [biu4] | |
| 伤道 | shāng dào | wound track (the path of a bullet through the body) | |
| 卡壳 | qiǎ ké | (of a bullet or shell) to jam / (fig.) to get stuck / to be held up / to reach an impasse | |
| 咬紧牙关 | yǎo jǐn - yá guān | (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering / to bite the bullet | |
