| 纪实 | jì shí | record of actual events / documentary (factual rather than fictional) |  |
| 纪录片 | jì lù piàn | newsreel / documentary (film or TV program) / CL:部[bu4] | |
| 证明文件 | zhèng míng wén jiàn | identification document / documentary proof | |
| 纪录片儿 | jì lù piān r | erhua variant of 紀錄片|纪录片[ji4 lu4 pian4], documentary (film) | |
| 南京大屠杀事件 | Nán jīng Dà tú shā Shì jiàn | The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如[Zhang1 Chun2 ru2]) | |
| 尤里斯·伊文思 | | Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist | |
| 复活的军团 | Fù huó de jūn tuán | the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army) | |
| 李缨 | Lǐ Yīng | Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director | |
| 杨月清 | Yáng Yuè qīng | Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director | |
| 河殇 | Hé shāng | River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s | |
| 电视专题片 | diàn shì zhuān tí piàn | television documentary or feature | |
| 书面证据 | shū miàn zhèng jù | documentary evidence | |
| 文件产量 | | documentary output | |
| 联合国纪录片电影节 | | United Nations Documentary Film Festival | |
| 进口货物文件要求标准业务守则 | | Code of Standard Practices for Documentary Requirements for the Importation of Goods | |
| 尤里斯・伊文思 | Yóu lǐ sī · Yī wén sī | Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist | |
| 拍客 | pāi kè | citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web) | |
| 尤里斯·伊文思 | Yóu lǐ sī · Yī wén sī | Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist | |
