| 狮子 | shī zi | lion / CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2] |   |
| 狮 |  shī | lion | |
| 猊 | ní | wild beast / wild horse / lion / trad. form used erroneously for 貌 / simplified form used erroneously for 狻 | |
| 狮面狨属 | shī miàn róng shǔ | lion | |
| 头儿脑儿 | tóu r nǎo r | leading figure / bigwig / lion / nabob / pooh-bah | |
| 雄狮 | xióng shī | male lion | |
| 灯会 | dēng huì | carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance | |
| 海狮 | hǎi shī | sea lion | |
| 狮城 | Shī chéng | Lion city, nickname for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] | |
| 舞狮 | wǔ shī | lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form) | |
| 石狮子 | shí shī zi | guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc | |
| 金狮奖 | jīn shī jiǎng | Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival | |
| 美洲狮 | Měi zhōu shī | cougar / mountain lion / puma | |
| 狮虎兽 | shī hǔ shòu | liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress | |
| 狮子山 | Shī zi shān | Sierra Leone (Tw) / Shizishan or Lion Mountain / Shizishan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui | |
| 山狮 | shān shī | mountain lion | |
| 耍狮子 | shuǎ shī zi | to perform a lion dance | |
| 虎父无犬子 | hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ | lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son | |
| 银狮奖 | yín shī jiǎng | Silver Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival | |
| 雪山狮子 | xuě shān shī zi | Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism | |
| 雪山狮子旗 | xuě shān shī zi qí | Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard | |
| 狮子林园 | Shī zi Lín yuán | Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu | |
