| 玩家 | wán jiā | player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) |  |
| 球员 | qiú yuán | (ball sports) player / team member | |
| 海王 | Hǎi wáng | Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player | |
| 播放机 | bō fàng jī | player (e.g. CD player) | |
| 竞赛者 | jìng sài zhě | player | |
| 局中人 | jú zhōng rén | participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair) | |
| 玩者 | wán zhě | player | |
| 单放机 | dān fàng jī | tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device | |
| 玩咖 | wán kā | (slang) player / playboy / party guy | |
| 球手 | qiú shǒu | (ball sports) player | |
| 游客 | yóu kè | traveler / tourist / (online gaming) guest player |  |
| 杀手 | shā shǒu | killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player | |
| 巨头 | jù tóu | tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot | |
| 彩民 | cǎi mín | lottery player | |
| 替补 | tì bǔ | to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement | |
| 佣兵 | yōng bīng | (military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country | |
| 出局 | chū jú | (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment) | |
| 外援 | wài yuán | foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas | |
| 相公 | xiàng gong | lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband | |
| 棋手 | qí shǒu | chess player | |
| 换人 | huàn rén | to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc) / substitution | |
| 麦迪 | Mài dí | Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player | |
| 主将 | zhǔ jiàng | commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) | |
| 王治郅 | Wáng Zhì zhì | Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player | |
| 范志毅 | Fàn Zhì yì | Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player | |
| 琵琶行 | Pí pa Xíng | Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4] | |
| 影碟机 | yǐng dié jī | DVD player | |
| 纳达尔 | Nà dá ěr | Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player | |
| 下家 | xià jiā | player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home | |
| 摘牌 | zhāi pái | to delist (a traded security) / (sports) to accept a transfer-listed player from another club | |
| 小虾米 | xiǎo xiā mi | shrimp / fig. small fry / minor player | |
| 郎平 | Láng Píng | Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach | |
| 张伯伦 | Zhāng bó lún | Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player | |
| 邓亚萍 | Dèng Yà píng | Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner | |
| 琴师 | qín shī | player of a stringed instrument | |
| 加索尔 | Jiā suǒ ěr | Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player | |
| 头家 | tóu jiā | organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor | |
| 电唱机 | diàn chàng jī | gramophone / record player | |
| 喧宾夺主 | xuān bīn duó zhǔ | lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish | |
| 詹姆斯 | Zhān mǔ sī | James (name) / LeBron James (1984-), NBA player | |
| 罗纳尔多 | Luó nà ěr duō | Ronaldo (name) / Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player | |
| 种子选手 | zhǒng zi xuǎn shǒu | seeded player | |
| 姚明 | Yáo Míng | Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 | |
| 上家 | shàng jiā | preceding player (in a game) | |
| 邓加 | Dèng jiā | Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player | |
| 郝海东 | Hǎo Hǎi dōng | Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player | |
| 吉他手 | jí tā shǒu | guitar player | |
| 李昌镐 | Lǐ Chāng hào | Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player | |
| 聂卫平 | Niè Wèi píng | Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player | |
| 乔红 | Qiáo Hóng | Qiao Hong (1968-), former PRC female table tennis player | |
| 森喜朗 | Sēn Xǐ lǎng | MORI Yoshirō / (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes | |
| 王励勤 | Wáng Lì qín | Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist | |
| 王楠 | Wáng Nán | Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist | |
| 吴清源 | Wú Qīng yuán | Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player | |
| 杨维 | Yáng Wéi | Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist | |
| 张宁 | Zhāng Níng | Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist | |
| 张怡宁 | Zhāng Yí níng | Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist | |
| 肇俊哲 | Zhào Jùn zhé | Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player | |
| 吹竽手 | chuī yú shǒu | player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument) | |
| 帽子戏法 | mào zi xì fǎ | hat trick (when one player scores three goals) | |
| 扬科维奇 | Yáng kē wéi qí | Jankovic / Yankovic / Yankovich / Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player | |
| 易建联 | Yì Jiàn lián | Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA) | |
| 本因坊秀策 | Běn yīn fāng Xiù cè | Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player | |
| 森·喜朗 | | MORI Yoshirō / (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes | |
| 王叔文 | Wáng Shū wén | Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新[Yong3 zhen1 Ge2 xin1] of 805 | |
| 琴手 | qín shǒu | player of a stringed instrument | |
| 石田芳夫 | Shí tián Fāng fū | Ishida Yoshio (1948-), Japanese Go player | |
| 耶莱娜·扬科维奇 | | Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player | |
| 电唱 | diàn chàng | gramophone / record player | |
| 电唱盘 | diàn chàng pán | gramophone / record player | |
| 李娜 | Lǐ Nà | Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles) | |
| 森・喜朗 | Sēn · Xǐ lǎng | MORI Yoshirō / (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes | |
| 耶莱娜・扬科维奇 | Yé lái nuó · Yáng kē wéi qí | Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player | |
| 迈克尔・乔丹 | Mài kè ěr · Qiáo dān | Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player | |
| 齐内丁・齐达内 | Qí nèi dīng · Qí dá nèi | Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player | |
| 林书豪 | Lín Shū háo | Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA) | |
| 齐内丁·齐达内 | Qí nèi dīng · Qí dá nèi | Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player | |
| 迈克尔·乔丹 | Mài kè ěr · Qiáo dān | Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player | |
| 耶莱娜·扬科维奇 | Yé lái nuó · Yáng kē wéi qí | Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player | |
| C罗 | C Luó | nickname of Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo | |
| 击鼓传花 | jī gǔ chuán huā | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten &ndash / when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
| 大咖 | dà kā | influential person / major player / big shot | |
| 替补队员 | tì bǔ duì yuán | substitute player / reserve player | |
| 罚出场 | fá chū chǎng | (of a referee) to send a player off the field | |
| 洋将 | yáng jiàng | (Tw) (sports) foreign player / import | |
| 雪藏 | xuě cáng | to keep sth in cold storage / (fig.) to suspend a performer or sports player (as punishment) / to keep sb or sth out of sight until the right moment (e.g. a key player on a sports team) | |
| 玩家角色 | wán jiā jué sè | player character (in a role-playing game) | |
| 健将 | jiàn jiàng | (archaic) adept and valiant military general / skilled athlete / top player / abbr. for 運動健將|运动健将[yun4dong4 jian4jiang4] | |
