| 支柱 | zhī zhù | mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone |   |
| 道具 | dào jù | (theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item / artifact | |
| 撑杆 | chēng gān | a pole / a prop | |
| 橕 |  chēng | a prop / a shore | |
| 榰 | zhī | base of pillar / prop | |
| 支撑 | zhī chēng | to prop up / to support / strut / brace | |
| 支架 | zhī jià | trestle / support / stand / frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist / to withstand (an enemy attack etc) | |
| 抵 | dǐ | to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) | |
| 撑 | chēng | to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support | |
| 拄 | zhǔ | to lean on / to prop on | |
| 一木难支 | yī mù nán zhī | lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone | |
| 牮 | jiàn | to prop up | |
| 装饰道具 | zhuāng shì dào jù | (theater) set dressing / trim prop | |
| 搘 | zhī | prop up | |
| 坑木 | kēng mù | pit prop | |
| 随身道具 | suí shēn dào jù | (theater) personal prop (spectacles, fan etc) | |
| 小道具 | xiǎo dào jù | (theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc) | |
| 大道具 | dà dào jù | (theater) set prop (desk, chairs etc) | |
| 承托 | chéng tuō | to support / to bear (a weight) / to prop up | |
| 撑开 | chēng kāi | to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open | |
