| 外交官 | wài jiāo guān | diplomat |  |
| 外交家 | wài jiāo jiā | diplomat | |
| 使领官员 | shǐ lǐng guān yuán | ambassador and consul / diplomat | |
| 米歇尔 | Mǐ xiē ěr | Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 | |
| 李鸿章 | Lǐ Hóng zhāng | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | |
| 唐家璇 | Táng Jiā xuán | Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat | |
| 公使 | gōng shǐ | minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations | |
| 金成 | Jīn Chéng | Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office | |
| 鲁肃 | Lǔ Sù | Lu Su or Lu Zijing 魯子敬|鲁子敬 / (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 | |
| 苏武 | Sū Wǔ | Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service | |
| 辜振甫 | Gū Zhèn fǔ | Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat | |
| 乔冠华 | Qiáo Guān huà | Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat | |
| 乔冠华 | Qiáo Guàn huá | Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat | |
| 王家瑞 | Wáng Jiā ruì | Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015 | |
| 沙祖康 | Shā Zǔ kāng | Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat | |
| 唐绍仪 | Táng Shào yí | Tang Shaoyi (1862-1939), politician and diplomat | |
| 卫奕信 | Wèi yì xìn | David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992 | |
| 杨洁篪 | Yáng Jié chí | Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013 | |
| 丘尔金 | Qiū ěr jīn | Churkin (name) / Vitaly I. Churkin (1952-), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to UN from 2006 | |
| 伍廷芳 | Wǔ Tíng fāng | Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer | |
| 克林德 | Kè lín dé | Clemens von Ketteler (1853-1900), German diplomat killed during the Boxer Rebellion 義和團運動|义和团运动[Yi4he2tuan2 Yun4dong4] | |
| 冀朝铸 | Jì Cháo zhù | Ji Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat | |
| 刘贵今 | Liú Guì jīn | Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue | |
| 塔列朗 | Tǎ liè lǎng | Talleyrand (name) / Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat | |
| 奕䜣 | Yì xīn | Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing | |
| 威妥玛 | Wēi Tuǒ mǎ | Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system | |
| 尤德 | Yóu dé | Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986 | |
| 恭亲王奕䜣 | Gōng qīn wáng Yì xīn | Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing | |
| 戴秉国 | Dài Bǐng guó | Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat | |
| 拉夫罗夫 | Lā fū luó fū | Lavrov (name) / Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004 | |
| 拉兹莫夫斯基 | Lā zī mò fū sī jī | Razumovsky (name) / Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat | |
| 曾纪泽 | Zēng Jì zé | Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia | |
| 本杰明·富兰克林 | | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat | |
| 潘基文 | Pān Jī wén | Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016 | |
| 班超 | Bān Chāo | Ban Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man | |
| 甘巴里 | Gān bā lǐ | Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian diplomat and academic | |
| 翟理斯 | Zhái lǐ sī | Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system | |
| 萧万长 | Xiāo Wàn cháng | Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012 | |
| 薄瑞光 | Bó Ruì guāng | Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006 | |
| 越飞 | Yuè fēi | Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China | |
| 金桂冠 | Jīn Guì guān | Kim Kye-gwan (1943-), North Korean diplomat, first vice-foreign minister and chief negotiator 2010-2019 | |
| 阿赫蒂萨里 | A1 hè dì sà lǐ | Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate | |
| 陆征祥 | Lù Zhēng xiáng | Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk | |
| 霍尔布鲁克 | Huò ěr bù lǔ kè | Holbrook (name) / Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009 | |
| 韩升洙 | Hán Shēng zhū | Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009 | |
| 高罗佩 | Gāo Luó pèi | Gao Luopei or R.H. van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch sinologist, diplomat and writer | |
| 鲁子敬 | Lǔ Zǐ jìng | Lu Zijing or Lu Su 魯肅|鲁肃 / (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 | |
| 鸿章 | Hóng zhāng | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | |
| 黄遵宪 | Huáng Zūn xiàn | Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志[Ri4 ben3 Guo2 zhi4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan | |
| 高级外交官 | | senior diplomat | |
| 博斯沃思 | Bó sī wò sī | Bosworth (name) / Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009 | |
| 库尔特・瓦尔德海姆 | Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ | Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992 | |
| 本杰明・富兰克林 | Běn jié míng · Fù lán kè lín | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat | |
| 张荫桓 | Zhāng Yìn huán | Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat | |
| 本杰明·富兰克林 | Běn jié míng · Fù lán kè lín | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat | |
| 库尔特·瓦尔德海姆 | Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ | Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992 | |
| 韩昇洙 | Hán Shēng zhū | Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009 | |
| 郭嵩焘 | Guō Sōng tāo | Guo Songtao (1818-1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain and minister to France 1877-1879 | |
