| 招待 | zhāo dài | to receive (guests) / to entertain / reception |   |
| 接收 | jiē shōu | reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate | |
| 招待会 | zhāo dài huì | reception / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] | |
| 收讯 | shōu xùn | (wireless) reception | |
| 前台 | qián tái | stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground | |
| 婚宴 | hūn yàn | wedding reception | |
| 酒会 | jiǔ huì | drinking party / wine reception | |
| 服务台 | fú wù tái | service desk / information desk / reception desk | |
| 礼遇 | lǐ yù | courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception | |
| 冷遇 | lěng yù | a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb | |
| 接待室 | jiē dài shì | reception room | |
| 接风 | jiē fēng | to hold a welcoming dinner or reception | |
| 传达室 | chuán dá shì | reception office / janitor's office | |
| 花厅 | huā tīng | reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden) | |
| 收发室 | shōu fā shì | mail room / radio room (i.e. reception and transmission) | |
| 坐冷板凳 | zuò lěng bǎn dèng | to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels | |
| 咨客 | zī kè | (service industry) reception staff | |
| 夜招待酒会 | yè zhāo dài jiǔ huì | evening cocktail reception | |
| 婚筵 | hūn yán | wedding reception | |
| 收报室 | shōu bào shì | mail room / radio reception room | |
| 朝房 | cháo fáng | reception room for officials (in former times) | |
| 总台 | zǒng tái | front desk / reception desk | |
| 真相、接纳与和解委员会 | | Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission | |
| 国际接待委员会 | | International Reception Committee | |
| 接收设施基金 | jiē shōu shè shī jī jīn | Fund for Reception Facilities | |
| 维亚纳接待中心 | | Viana Reception Centre | |
| 接待委员会 | | reception committee | |
| 复员接待中心 | | Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Resettlement or Reintegration Reception Centre | |
| 接待和确定难民地位小组委员会 | | Sub-Committee on Reception and Status Determination | |
| 信息和接收股 | | Information and Reception Unit | |
| 人权和申诉受理委员会 | | Commission on Human Rights and Reception of Complaints | |
| 接收设施国际准则 | | International Code of Reception Facilities | |
| 接待队 | | reception assistance unit | |
| 适当接收设施 | | adequate reception facilities | |
| 裸婚 | luǒ hūn | lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon | |
