| 草本 | cǎo běn | grass / herb |  |
| 香草 | xiāng cǎo | aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old) | |
| 雪莲 | xuě lián | snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata | |
| 三七 | sān qī | pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb | |
| 野菜 | yě cài | wild herb / potherb | |
| 药草 | yào cǎo | medicinal herb |  |
| 凉茶 | liáng chá | Chinese herb tea | |
| 仙草 | xiān cǎo | medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly | |
| 荆芥 | jīng jiè | schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine | |
| 车前草 | chē qián cǎo | plantain herb (Plantago asiatica) | |
| 芗 |  xiāng | aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of 香[xiang1] | |
| 蓠 | lí | red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb | |
| 羹藜含糗 | gēng lí hán qiǔ | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à / la guerre comme à / la guerre | |
| 羹藜唅糗 | gēng lí hān qiǔ | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à / la guerre comme à / la guerre | |
| 生药 | shēng yào | unprocessed medicinal herb | |
| 单味药 | dān wèi yào | medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance | |
| 溪黄草 | xī huáng cǎo | Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM | |
| 药苗 | yào miáo | medicinal herb seedling | |
| 三棱草 | sān léng cǎo | sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus) | |
| 埃蕾 | āi lěi | centaury herb with flowers (TCM) / Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore | |
| 阿利藤 | ā lì téng | Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM) | |
| 芕 | suī | a kind of medicinal herb | |
| 芞 | qì | a kind of aromatic herb (old) | |
| 芣 | fú | plantain herb (Plantago) / Taiwan pr. [fou2] | |
| 蕶 | líng | withered (plant, herb etc) | |
| 藒车 | qiè chē | a variety of aromatic herb used as a fragrance or bug repeller (old) | |
| 蘻 | jì | a kind of herb (old) | |
