"Cinnabar" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 朱砂 | zhū shā | cinnabar / mercuric sulfide HgS |  |
| 丹砂 | dān shā | cinnabar | |
| 朱 |  zhū | (bound form) cinnabar |  |
| 丹 | dān | red / pellet / powder / cinnabar | |
| 辰砂 | chén shā | cinnabar | |
| 丹沙 | dān shā | cinnabar (used in TCM) | |
| 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 | jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi | those who handle cinnabar are stained red / those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment | |
