| 应用 | yìng yòng | to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app |   |
| 实际 | shí jì | reality / practice / practical / realistic / real / actual | |
| 实用 | shí yòng | to apply in practice / practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science) | |
| 落实 | luò shí | practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide | |
| 切实 | qiè shí | feasible / realistic / practical / earnestly / conscientiously | |
| 实务 | shí wù | practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical | |
| 扎扎实实 | zhā zha shí shí | firm / solid / reliable / real / practical | |
| 切合实际 | qiè hé shí jì | practical / corresponding to reality / geared to practical situations | |
| 丽实 | lì shí | practical | |
| 实穿 | shí chuān | (of an item of clothing) practical | |
| 实物 | shí wù | material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) | |
| 实事求是 | shí shì qiú shì | lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic | |
| 实效 | shí xiào | actual effect / practical result / efficacy | |
| 恶作剧 | è zuò jù | practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke | |
| 实事 | shí shì | fact / actual thing / practical matter | |
| 实际应用 | shí jì yìng yòng | practical application | |
| 应用文 | yìng yòng wén | applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) | |
| 白面书生 | bái miàn shū shēng | lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears | |
| 花拳 | huā quán | showy boxing of no practical use / see 花拳繡腿|花拳绣腿 | |
| 不经一事 | bù jīng yī shì | You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / wisdom only comes with experience | |
| 传道受业 | chuán dào shòu yè | to teach (idiom) / lit. to give moral and practical instruction | |
| 南箕北斗 | nán jī běi dǒu | lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use | |
| 不辨菽麦 | bù biàn shū mài | lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom) / fig. ignorant of practical matters | |
| 不经一事，不长一智 | bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
| 以虚带实 | yǐ xū dài shí | to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom) | |
| 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 | shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action | |
| 实用价值 | shí yòng jià zhí | practical value | |
| 稳实 | wěn shí | steady / calm and practical | |
| 常规武器包括实际裁军措施处 | | Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch | |
| 常规武器处 | | Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch | |
| 系列实用测验 | xì liè shí yòng cè yàn | round robin practical test | |
| 联合国发展中国家转让定价实用手册 | | United Nations Transfer Pricing Practical Manual for Developing Countries | |
| 采取切实可行裁军措施巩固和平信托基金 | | Trust Fund for the Consolidation of Peace through Practical Disarmament Measures | |
| 加强公共服务改革中社会对话实用指南 | | Practical Guide for Strengthening Social Dialogue in Public Service Reform | |
| 国家主管当局实用指南 | | Practical Guide for Competent National Authorities | |
| 欧洲共同体对外援助合同程序实用指南 | | Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions | |
| 关心实际裁军措施国家小组 | | Group of Interested States in Practical Disarmament Measures | |
| 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim | |
| 中体西用 | Zhōng tǐ Xī yòng | adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core | |
| 读万卷书，行万里路 | dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù | lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience | |
| 锦囊 | jǐn náng | silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice) | |
