| 紫 |  zǐ | purple / violet |   |
| 紫色 | zǐ sè | purple / violet (color) | |
| 青紫 | qīng zǐ | purple | |
| 紫金山 | Zǐ jīn Shān | Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum | |
| 酱紫 | jiàng zǐ | dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] | |
| 紫袍 | zǐ páo | purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position | |
| 紫草 | zǐ cǎo | red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) | |
| 绯 | fēi | dark red / purple silk | |
| 绀 | gàn | violet or purple | |
| 緅 | zōu | purple silk | |
| 腰金衣紫 | yāo jīn yī zǐ | golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position | |
| 紫金山天文台 | Zǐ jīn shān Tiān wén tái | Purple Mountain Observatory | |
| 参薯 | shēn shǔ | Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) | |
| 暗紫色 | àn zǐ sè | dark purple | |
| 白苋紫茄 | bái xiàn zǐ qié | white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom) / common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle | |
| 紫气 | zǐ qì | purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology) | |
| 紫菜苔 | zǐ cài tái | purple cabbage / Brassica campestris var. purpurea | |
| 葡萄紫 | pú tao zǐ | grayish purple color | |
| 紫甘蓝 | zǐ gān lán | red cabbage / purple cabbage | |
| 草鹭 | cǎo lù | (bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea) | |
| 千屈菜 | qiān qū cài | purple loosestrife | |
| 绛紫 | jiàng zǐ | dark reddish purple | |
| 紫宽嘴鸫 | zǐ kuān zuǐ dōng | (bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea) | |
| 紫色花蜜鸟 | zǐ sè huā mì niǎo | (bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) | |
| 紫砂 | zǐ shā | a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴[Yi2 xing1], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring | |
| 紫米 | zǐ mǐ | black rice / purple rice | |
