| 野鸡 | yě jī | pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute |   |
| 山鸡 | shān jī | Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) / (dialect) pheasant | |
| 翚 |  huī | pheasant / golden pheasant / variegated / to fly | |
| 鷊 | nì | pheasant | |
| 鵫 | zhào | pheasant | |
| 山雉 | shān zhì | pheasant | |
| 鵗 | xī | pheasant | |
| 鹝 | yì | pheasant / turkey / old variant of 鷁|鹢[yi4] | |
| 金鸡 | jīn jī | golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) | |
| 锦鸡 | jǐn jī | golden pheasant | |
| 雉鸡 | zhì jī | (bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | |
| 翎子 | líng zi | peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) | |
| 翟 | dí | long-tail pheasant | |
| 雉 | zhì | ringed pheasant | |
| 鹇 | xián | silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade | |
| 鶡 | hé | crossbill / long-tailed pheasant | |
| 雊 | gòu | crowing of pheasant | |
| 鹖 | hé | crossbill / long-tailed pheasant | |
| 鷴 | xián | silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade | |
| 鷕 | yǎo | cry of hen pheasant | |
| 雗 | hàn | a white pheasant | |
| 红腹锦鸡 | hóng fù jǐn jī | (bird species of China) golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) | |
| 白腹锦鸡 | bái fù jǐn jī | (bird species of China) Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) | |
| 白鹇 | bái xián | (bird species of China) silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) | |
| 鵺 | yè | a kind of bird similar to pheasant | |
| 白马鸡 | bái mǎ jī | (bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) | |
| 蓝马鸡 | lán mǎ jī | (bird species of China) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum) | |
| 鸐 | dí | Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) | |
| 勺鸡 | sháo jī | (bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) | |
| 白冠长尾雉 | bái guān cháng wěi zhì | (bird species of China) Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) | |
| 白颈长尾雉 | bái jǐng cháng wěi zhì | (bird species of China) Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti) | |
| 蓝鹇 | lán xián | (bird species of China) Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii) | |
| 藏马鸡 | Zàng mǎ jī | (bird species of China) Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani) | |
| 血雉 | xuě zhì | (bird species of China) blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) | |
| 褐马鸡 | hè mǎ jī | (bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) | |
| 黑长尾雉 | hēi cháng wěi zhì | (bird species of China) mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) | |
| 黑颈长尾雉 | hēi jǐng cháng wěi zhì | (bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) | |
| 黑鹇 | hēi xián | (bird species of China) kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) | |
