| 小说 | xiǎo shuō | novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] |   |
| 虚构小说 | xū gòu xiǎo shuō | fiction | |
| 言情小说 | yán qíng xiǎo shuō | romance novel / romantic fiction | |
| 科幻 | kē huàn | science fiction / abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3] | |
| 同人 | tóng rén | people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc | |
| 科幻小说 | kē huàn xiǎo shuō | science fiction novel | |
| 评书 | píng shū | pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction | |
| 奥特曼 | Aò tè màn | Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero | |
| 貂蝉 | Diāo Chán | Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] | |
| 科幻电影 | kē huàn diàn yǐng | science fiction movie | |
| 尚方宝剑 | shàng fāng bǎo jiàn | variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill | |
| 刘慈欣 | Liú Cí xīn | Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer | |
| 托尔金 | Tuō ěr jīn | J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒 | |
| 虾兵蟹将 | xiā bīng xiè jiàng | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) | |
| 锦囊妙计 | jǐn náng miào jì | brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) | |
| 郭敬明 | Guō Jìng míng | Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol | |
| 荆轲 | Jīng Kē | Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 / (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) | |
| 假戏真唱 | jiǎ xì zhēn chàng | fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality | |
| 嫪毐 | Lào Aǐ | Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao | |
| 尚方剑 | shàng fāng jiàn | imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill | |
| 李朝威 | Lǐ Cháo wēi | Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传 | |
| 柳毅传 | Liǔ Yì zhuàn | story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties | |
| 杨家将 | Yáng jiā jiàng | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 / of warriors | |
| 科学幻想 | kē xué huàn xiǎng | science fiction | |
| 科技惊悚 | kē jì jīng sǒng | techno-thriller (novel) / science fiction thriller | |
| 罗懋登 | Luó Mào dēng | Luo Maodeng (16th century), Ming author of operas and popular fiction | |
| 通俗小说 | tōng sú xiǎo shuō | popular fiction / light literature | |
| 儒勒・凡尔纳 | Rú lè · Fán ěr nà | Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球 | |
| 小小说 | xiǎo xiǎo shuō | flash fiction | |
| 微型小说 | wēi xíng xiǎo shuō | flash fiction | |
| 极短篇小说 | jí duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | flash fiction | |
| 儒勒·凡尔纳 | Rú lè · Fán ěr nà | Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories | |
| CP | C P | an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling") | |
| 稗官 | bài guān | (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer / novelist | |
| 霸道总裁 | bà dào zǒng cái | handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status) | |
| 橘味 | jú wèi | tangerine flavor / yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships) | |
