| 玩家 | wán jiā | player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) |  |
| 爱好者 | ài hào zhě | lover (of art, sports etc) / amateur / enthusiast / fan |  |
| 达人 | dá rén | (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 / "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist | |
| 积极分子 | jī jí fèn zǐ | enthusiast / (political) activist | |
| 控 |  kòng | to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia | |
| 迷 | mí | to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused | |
| 球友 | qiú yǒu | (ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc) | |
| 粉丝 | fěn sī | bean vermicelli / mung bean starch noodles / cellophane noodles / fan / enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") | |
| 影迷 | yǐng mí | film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 铁丝 | tiě sī | iron wire / CL:根[gen1] / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1]) | |
| 色友 | sè yǒu | photography enthusiast / friend with benefits | |
| 龟友 | guī yǒu | turtle enthusiast | |
| 健友 | jiàn yǒu | fitness enthusiast / gym-goer | |
| 幽浮迷 | yōu fú mí | (Tw) UFO enthusiast | |
| 军迷 | jūn mí | military enthusiast | |
