| 孝顺 | xiào shùn | filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety |   |
| 孝敬 | xiào jìng | to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents | |
| 孝子 | xiào zǐ | filial son | |
| 孝心 | xiào xīn | filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents | |
| 反哺 | fǎn bǔ | to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor | |
| 孝道 | xiào dao | filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter | |
| 尽孝 | jìn xiào | to do one's filial duty | |
| 孝经 | Xiào jīng | Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety) | |
| 孝悌 | xiào tì | filial piety and fraternal duty | |
| 十三经 | Shí sān jīng | the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] | |
| 孝 |  xiào | filial piety or obedience / mourning apparel | |
| 孝思不匮 | xiào sī bù kuì | to be forever filial (idiom) | |
| 寝苫枕块 | qǐn shān zhěn kuài | bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period | |
| 昏定晨省 | hūn dìng chén xǐng | seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty) | |
| 乌鸟私情 | wū niǎo sī qíng | lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety | |
| 父慈子孝 | fù cí zǐ xiào | benevolent father, filial son (idiom) / natural love between parents and children | |
| 割股疗亲 | gē gǔ liǎo qīn | to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting | |
| 哭丧棒 | kū sāng bàng | mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety | |
| 丧棒 | sāng bàng | funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety) | |
| 满孝 | mǎn xiào | at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning | |
| 满服 | mǎn fú | at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning | |
| 愚孝 | yú xiào | unquestioning filial piety | |
| 百善孝为先 | bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān | of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom) | |
| 二十四孝 | Er4 shí sì Xiào | the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty | |
| 尝粪 | cháng fèn | to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass | |
| 跪乳 | guì rǔ | (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety) | |
