| 外交 | wài jiāo | diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] |  |
| 纵横 | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) |  |
| 孙膑 | Sūn Bìn | Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | |
| 苏秦 | Sū Qín | Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
| 连横 | Lián Héng | Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | |
| 先礼后兵 | xiān lǐ hòu bīng | peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war | |
| 合纵 | Hé Zòng | Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | |
| 合纵连横 | Hé zòng Lián héng | Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | |
| 张仪 | Zhāng Yí | Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
| 纵横家 | Zòng héng jiā | School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2] | |
| 庞涓 | Páng Juān | Pang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | |
| 秘密外交 | mì mì wài jiāo | backchannel diplomacy | |
| 基本外交训练方案 | jī běn wài jiāo xùn liàn fāng àn | Training Programme in Basic Diplomacy | |
| Acronym裁军外交研究所 | Acronymcái jūn wài jiāo yán jiū suǒ | The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy | |
| 多边外交 | duō bian wài jiāo | multilateral diplomacy | |
| 纳米比亚官员外交训练班 | | Diplomacy Training Course for Officials from Namibia | |
| 议会外交 | | parliamentary diplomacy | |
| 议员外交 | yì yuán wài jiāo | parliamentary diplomacy | |
| 预防性外交组织架构 | yù fáng xìng wài jiāo zǔ zhī jià gòu | Institutional Framework for Preventive Diplomacy | |
| 民间外交 | | people-to-people diplomacy | |
| 悄悄外交 | qiǎo qiǎo wài jiāo | quiet diplomacy | |
| 联合国中亚地区预防性外交中心 | | United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia / United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy | |
| 联合国预防性外交区域中心 | | United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia / United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy | |
| 预防性外交 | yù fáng xìng wài jiāo | preventive diplomacy | |
| 预防外交 | yù fáng wài jiāo | preventive diplomacy | |
| 多轨外交 | duō guǐ wài jiāo | multi-track diplomacy | |
| 第二轨道外交 | dì èr guǐ dào wài jiāo | track-two process / unofficial diplomacy | |
| 非正式外交 | | track-two process / unofficial diplomacy | |
| 国际水外交年 | guó jì shuǐ wài jiāo nián | International Year of Water Diplomacy | |
| 扩音器外交 | kuò yīn qì wài jiāo | megaphone diplomacy | |
| 人道主义外交 | rén dào zhǔ yì wài jiāo | humanitarian diplomacy | |
| 国际人权法与外交训练班 | | Training Course in International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy | |
| 第一轨道外交 | | track-one process / official government diplomacy | |
| 正式外交 | | track-one process / official government diplomacy | |
| 预警、预防性外交和裁军 | | Early warning, preventive diplomacy and disarmament | |
| 公共外交 | | public diplomacy | |
| 外交、发展和防卫 | | diplomacy, development and defence | |
| 关于悄悄外交的选项和方法的协商会议 | | Consultation on Options and Techniques for Quiet Diplomacy | |
| 穿梭外交 | | shuttle diplomacy | |
