| 侏儒 | zhū rú | dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget |   |
| 小懒猴 | xiǎo lǎn hóu | pygmy | |
| 俾格米人 | bǐ gé mǐ rén | pygmy | |
| 俾格米 | bǐ gé mǐ | Pygmy | |
| 僬侥 | Jiāo Yáo | Jiao Yao / legendary dwarf / legendary pygmy race / archaic name of a southwestern non-Han tribe | |
| 倭黑猩猩 | wō hēi xīng xing | bonobo / pygmy chimpanzee | |
| 棉凫 | mián fú | (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) | |
| 侏蓝仙鹟 | zhū lán xiān wēng | (bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni) | |
| 小星头啄木鸟 | xiǎo xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki) | |
| 小鳞胸鹪鹛 | xiǎo lín xiōng jiāo méi | (bird species of China) pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) | |
| 星头啄木鸟 | xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus) | |
