| 笛 |  dí | flute |   |
| 籥 | yuè | flute / key | |
| 篴 | dí | flute | |
| 管龠 | guǎn yuè | flute / pipe / key / CL:把[ba3] | |
| 笛子 | dí zi | bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] | |
| 长笛 | cháng dí | (Western) concert flute | |
| 葫芦丝 | hú lú sī | hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) | |
| 巴乌 | bā wū | bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan | |
| 羌笛 | Qiāng dí | Qiang flute | |
| 篪 | chí | bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes | |
| 龠 | yuè | ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute | |
| 箎 | chí | bamboo flute with 8 holes | |
| 笙箫 | shēng xiāo | reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute | |
| 笛膜 | dí mó | membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone | |
| 鼻箫 | bí xiāo | nose flute | |
| 横吹 | héng chuī | military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han / transverse flute / to play such a flute | |
