| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony / colonial |  |
| 东京 | Dōng jīng | Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) | |
| 苦力 | kǔ lì | bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times |  |
| 支那 | Zhī nà | phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory | |
| 余孽 | yú niè | remaining evil element / surviving members (of evil former regime) / dregs (of colonial administration) | |
| 安南 | An1 nán | Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 | |
| 印度支那半岛 | Yìn dù zhī nà Bàn dǎo | Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period) / now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3] | |
| 印支半岛 | Yìn zhī Bàn dǎo | Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島|印度支那半岛[Yin4 du4 zhi1 na4 Ban4 dao3]) / now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3] | |
| 土邦 | tǔ bāng | native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa) | |
| 朝鲜总督府 | Cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔ | Japanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945 | |
| 港英政府 | Gǎng Yīng zhèng fǔ | British colonial administration of Hong Kong 1837-1941 and 1945-1997 | |
| 非殖民化特别委员会 | | Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples / Special Committee on Decolonization | |
| 援助殖民地国家和人民信托基金 | | Trust Fund for Assistance to Colonial Countries and Peoples | |
| 联合国殖民地领土和人民基金 | | United Nations Fund for Colonial Territories and Peoples | |
| 给予殖民地国家和人民独立宣言 | | Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples | |
| 争取殖民地自由运动 | | Movement for Colonial Freedom | |
| 北圻 | Běi qí | Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period | |
