| 腐败 | fǔ bài | corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten |   |
| 贪污 | tān wū | to be corrupt / corruption / to embezzle | |
| 腐蚀 | fǔ shí | corrosion / to corrode (degrade chemically) / to rot / corruption | |
| 贪腐 | tān fǔ | corruption | |
| 数据损坏 | | corruption / data corruption | |
| 贪汙腐化 | tān wū fǔ huà | corruption | |
| 贪污腐败 | tān wū fǔ bài | corruption | |
| 贪污腐化 | tān wū - fǔ huà | (idiom) corruption | |
| 反腐败 | fǎn fǔ bài | to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) | |
| 反腐倡廉 | fǎn fǔ chàng lián | to fight corruption and advocate probity | |
| 薄熙来 | Bó Xī lái | Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct | |
| 中纪委 | Zhōng jì wěi | Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 | |
| 廉署 | lián shǔ | ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong | |
| 贪赃枉法 | tān zāng wǎng fǎ | corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law | |
| 藏污纳垢 | cáng wū nà gòu | to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom) / to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds | |
| 贪官污吏 | tān guān wū lì | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption | |
| 贪贿无艺 | tān huì wú yì | greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom) / unbridled corruption | |
| 赃官污吏 | zāng guān wū lì | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption | |
| 腐败罪 | fǔ bài zuì | the crime of corruption | |
| 倒扁 | Dǎo biǎn | Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations | |
| 十常侍 | shí cháng shì | Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption | |
| 博福斯 | Bó fú sī | Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s | |
| 奸官污吏 | jiān guān wū lì | traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom) / abuse and corruption | |
| 廉政公署 | Lián zhèng Gōng shǔ | Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC) | |
| 揭黑 | jiē hēi | to uncover (mistakes, corruption etc) / whistle-blowing | |
| 藏垢纳污 | cáng gòu nà wū | to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom) / to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds | |
| 赖昌星 | Lài Chāng xīng | Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008 | |
| 电话门 | Diàn huà Mén | "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records | |
| 养廉 | yǎng lián | to encourage honesty / to discourage corruption | |
| 高薪养廉 | gāo xīn yǎng lián | policy of high pay to discourage corruption | |
| 和珅 | Hé shēn | Heshen (1746-1799), Manchu official of the Qing Dynasty who openly practiced various forms of corruption on a grand scale | |
| 联合国反腐败公约 | lián hé guó fǎn fǔ bài gōng yuē | United Nations Convention against Corruption | |
| 签署联合国反腐败公约高级别政治会议 | | High-level Political Conference for the Purpose of Signing the United Nations Convention against Corruption | |
| 公职人员腐败 | gōng zhí rén yuán fǔ bài | corruption of public officials | |
| 反腐倡廉专题讨论会 | | Symposium on Corruption and Good Governance | |
| 打击有组织犯罪和腐败区域中心 | | Regional Centre for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption | |
| "迎接腐败挑战"国际会议 | | International Conference on Responding to Challenges of Corruption | |
| 建立反腐败国家集团的部分和扩大协定 | | Partial and Enlarged Agreement Establishing the Group of States against Corruption | |
| 联合国反腐败公约缔约国会议 | | Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption | |
| 非洲机构、文化与腐败问题国际会议 | | International Conference on Institutions, Culture and Corruption in Africa | |
| 防欺诈办公室 | fáng qī zhà bàn gōng shì | Fraud and Corruption Prevention Office | |
| 打击腐败全球讲习班 | | global workshop on combating corruption | |
| 全球反腐败方案 | quán qiú fǎn fǔ bài fāng àn | Global Programme against Corruption | |
| 反腐败刑法公约 | | Criminal Law Convention on Corruption | |
| 国家打击有组织犯罪和反腐行动计划 | | National Plan of Action Against Organized Crime and Corruption | |
| 全球反腐败组织 | | Global Organization Against Corruption | |
| 打击犯罪和腐败股 | | Anti-Crime and Corruption Unit | |
| 促进善政打击腐败的原则框架 | | Framework for Principles for Promoting Good Governance and Combating Corruption | |
| 反腐败公约谈判特设委员会 | | Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of a Convention against Corruption | |
| 打击腐败讲习班 | | Workshop on combating corruption | |
| 职务腐败 | | corruption in office | |
| 反腐败二十条指导原则 | | Twenty Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption | |
| 私营部门反腐措施 | | Measure on Combating Corruption in the Private Sector | |
| 防止和打击腐败公约 | | Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption | |
| 反腐败国家集团 | | Group of States against corruption | |
| 非洲国家打击腐败行为原则 | | Principles to Combat Corruption in African Countries | |
| 美洲国家反腐败公约 | | Inter-American Convention against Corruption | |
| 政府中的腐败问题区域间讨论会 | | Interregional Seminar on Corruption in Government | |
| 美洲国家组织反腐败专门会议 | | Specialized Conference of the Organization of American States against Corruption | |
| 政府反腐倡廉战略和行动计划 | | Strategy and Plan of Action to Fight Corruption and Build Ethics and Integrity in Public Office | |
| 讹误 | é wù | error in a text / text corruption | |
| 拒腐防变 | jù fǔ fáng biàn | to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration | |
| 秦城监狱 | Qín chéng Jiān yù | Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption | |
| 都察院 | Dū chá yuàn | (Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption | |
