"Dust" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 灰尘 | huī chén | dust |   |
| 粉末 | fěn mò | fine powder / dust | |
| 灰 |  huī | ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected | |
| 尘埃 | chén āi | dust | |
| 尘土 | chén tǔ | dust | |
| 粉尘 | fěn chén | dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter | |
| 灰土 | huī tǔ | dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol | |
| 土 | tǔ | earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] | |
| 末子 | mò zi | powder / dust | |
| 埃 | āi | dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e | |
| 末 | mò | tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man | |
| 尘 | chén | dust / dirt / earth | |
| 壒 | ài | dust / mud | |
| 撢 | dǎn | to dust | |
| 塕 | wěng | flying dust (dialect) / dust | |
| 微尘 | wēi chén | dust / (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter | |
| 坋 | bèn | dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4] | |
| 浮尘 | fú chén | dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm | |
| 卷起 | juǎn qǐ | to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up | |
| 风尘 | fēng chén | windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution | |
| 沾满 | zhān mǎn | muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in | |
| 除尘 | chú chén | to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) | |
| 尘封 | chén fēng | covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time | |
| 烟尘 | yān chén | smoke and dust / air pollution | |
| 沙尘 | shā chén | airborne sand and dust | |
| 沙尘暴 | shā chén bào | sand and dust storm | |
| 卷土重来 | juǎn tǔ chóng lái | lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback | |
| 吸尘器 | xī chén qì | vacuum cleaner / dust catcher | |
| 一尘不染 | yī chén bù rǎn | untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless | |
| 后尘 | hòu chén | lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life | |
| 望尘莫及 | wàng chén mò jí | lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior | |
| 除尘器 | chú chén qì | de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator | |
| 风尘仆仆 | fēng chén pú pú | lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn | |
| 不费吹灰之力 | bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì | as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease | |
| 尘雾 | chén wù | cloud of dust / smog | |
| 浮土 | fú tǔ | topsoil / surface dust | |
| 征尘 | zhēng chén | the dust of a long journey | |
| 尘螨 | chén mǎn | dust mite | |
| 弹冠相庆 | tán guān xiāng qìng | lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) | |
| 掸 | dǎn | to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3] | |
| 万念俱灰 | wàn niàn jù huī | every hope turns to dust (idiom) / completely disheartened | |
| 甚嚣尘上 | shèn xiāo chén shàng | clamor raises the dust (idiom) / a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink | |
| 抹一鼻子灰 | mǒ yī bí zi huī | lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff | |
| 逸尘断鞅 | yì chén duàn yāng | lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) | |
| 尘埃落定 | chén āi luò dìng | lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized | |
| 护封 | hù fēng | dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal | |
| 金沙 | Jīn shā | gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce | |
| 尘暴 | chén bào | dust devil | |
| 煤屑 | méi xiè | coal dust / coal slack | |
| 坱 | yǎng | fine dust / plentiful / vast | |
| 坋 | fèn | dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together | |
| 吹灰 | chuī huī | to blow away dust | |
| 塕埲 | wěng běng | dust storm | |
| 尘云 | chén yún | dust cloud | |
| 已见分晓 | yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo | the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled | |
| 涓埃 | juān āi | tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible | |
| 涤尘 | dí chén | to wash off dust | |
| 满脸风尘 | mǎn liǎn fēng chén | lit. with a face full of dust / showing the hardships of travel (idiom) | |
| 滤尘器 | lu:4 chén qì | dust filter | |
| 降尘 | jiàng chén | dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter | |
| 除尘机 | chú chén jī | dusting machine / dust filter | |
| 飘尘 | piāo chén | floating dust / atmospheric particles | |
| 玩完 | wán wán | (coll.) to end in failure / to come to grief / to bite the dust | |
| 氧化铀粉末 | yǎng huà yóu fěn mò | uranium oxide dust | |
| 人为尘埃 | man-made dust | | |
| 重力尘土采样器 | gravimetric dust sampler | | |
| 落尘 | luò chén | dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter | |
| 宇宙尘 | yǔ zhòu chén | cosmic dust | |
| 彗星冰尘实验 | huì xīng bīng chén shí yàn | Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment | |
| 一骑绝尘 | yī qí jué chén | (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust | |
| 吹灯拔蜡 | chuī dēng bá là | lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with | |
| 灰霾 | huī mái | dust haze / dust storm | |
| 纤尘 | xiān chén | speck of dust / fine dust | |
| 封尘 | fēng chén | to gather dust | |
| 书腰 | shū yāo | (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket) | |
| 吃灰 | chī huī | (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust | |
| 一尘不染 | yī chén - bù rǎn | (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust / spotlessly clean / (of a person) honest / incorruptible | |
| 一骑绝尘 | yī qí - jué chén | (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin / to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust | |
