| 杜撰 | dù zhuàn | to fabricate / to make sth up / invented |   |
| 五笔 | wǔ bǐ | abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983 | |
| 五笔字型 | wǔ bǐ zì xíng | five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983 | |
| 五笔输入法 | wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ | five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983 | |
| 世宗 | Shì zōng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented | |
| 地动仪 | dì dòng yí | the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132 / abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪[hou4 feng1 di4 dong4 yi2] | |
| 指南车 | zhǐ nán chē | a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 | |
| 夔 | Kuí | one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui | |
| 布莱叶 | Bù lái yè | Braille (name) / Louis Braille (1809-1852), French educator who invented braille | |
| 世宗大王 | Shì zōng Dà wáng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented | |
| 候风地动仪 | hòu fēng dì dòng yí | the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132 | |
| 曌 | Zhào | name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] | |
| 王码 | Wáng mǎ | Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983 | |
| XO酱 | X O jiàng | XO sauce, a spicy seafood sauce invented in Hong Kong in the 1980s | |
| 兲朝 | Tiān cháo | (derog.) the Chinese Communist regime (variant of 天朝[Tian1 chao2] Celestial Empire, invented to circumvent censorship) | |
