| 漫画 | màn huà | caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga |   |
| 卡通 | kǎ tōng | cartoon (loanword) | |
| 动画 | dòng huà | animation / cartoon | |
| 动漫 | dòng màn | cartoons and comics / anime and manga / cartoon (animated movie) / anime | |
| 漫画家 | màn huà jiā | cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) | |
| 佩奇 | pèi qí | Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon | |
| 兔斯基 | Tù sī jī | Tuzki, a Chinese cartoon rabbit character used in emoticons and stickers, created in 2006 | |
| 乐羊羊 | lè yáng yáng | Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会 | |
| 造型师 | zào xíng shī | stylist (fashion) / cartoon character designer | |
| 造型蛋糕 | zào xíng dàn gāo | custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character) | |
| IP | I P | intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise) | |
