| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant |   |
| 游牧 | yóu mù | nomadic / to move about in search of pasture / to rove around as a nomad | |
| 慕容 | Mù róng | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people / two-character surname Murong | |
| 宇文 | Yǔ wén | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen | |
| 鲜卑 | Xiān bēi | Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples | |
| 拓拔 | Tuò bá | branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 / of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋 | |
| 拓跋 | Tuò bá | branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 / of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓拔 | |
| 营盘 | yíng pán | military camp / nomadic camp | |
| 秃发 | Tū fā | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people | |
| 浩特 | hào tè | nomadic camp / town or village (Mongolian: khot) | |
| 牙帐 | yá zhàng | tent of the commanding officer / tent capital of a nomadic people | |
| 吐谷浑 | Tǔ yù hún | Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] / a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD | |
| 乞伏 | Qǐ fú | tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people | |
| 段氏 | Duàn shì | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people | |
| 葛逻禄 | gě luó lù | Qarluq or Karluk nomadic tribe, a Turkic ethnic minority in ancient times | |
| 游牧警察 | yóu mù jǐng chá | nomadic police | |
| 关于建立国际游牧文明研究所的协定 | | Agreement concerning the Establishment of the International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations | |
| 游牧文明研究国际学院 | yóu mù wén míng yán jiū guó jì xué yuàn | International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations | |
| 游牧移徙路线 | | nomadic migration route | |
| 猃狁 | Xiǎn yǔn | Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2] in the Qin and Han Dynasties | |
