| 始发 | shǐ fā | (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating |   |
| 昆曲 | Kūn qǔ | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times | |
| 秦腔 | Qín qiāng | Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera | |
| 断袖之癖 | duàn xiù zhī pǐ | lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. | |
| 发端位置 | | originating location | |
| 担仔面 | dān zǎi miàn | ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan | |
| 担仔面 | dàn zǎi miàn | ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan | |
| 芭拉芭拉 | bā lā bā lā | para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (loanword from Japanese) | |
| 青绿山水 | qīng lu:4 shān shuǐ | blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate) | |
| 塔拉斯河 | Tǎ lā sī Hé | Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan | |
| 泇河 | Jiā Hé | Jia River, originating in Shandong and flowing through Jiangsu into the Grand Canal | |
| 大盘鸡 | dà pán jī | dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang | |
