| 引用 | yǐn yòng | to quote / to cite / to recommend / to appoint / (computing) reference |   |
| 参考 | cān kǎo | consultation / reference / to consult / to refer | |
| 参考文献 | cān kǎo wén xiàn | cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography | |
| 介绍信 | jiè shào xìn | letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference | |
| 指称 | zhǐ chēng | designation / reference / to refer to | |
| 引征 | yǐn zhēng | quotation / citing / to cite / to reference | |
| 文献 | wén xiàn | reference material (used in scholarly study) | |
| 当今 | dāng jīn | the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty | |
| 参照 | cān zhào | to consult a reference / to refer to (another document) | |
| 查阅 | chá yuè | to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source | |
| 中华民族 | Zhōng huá mín zú | the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) | |
| 问候 | wèn hòu | to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) | |
| 视角 | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view | |
| 早晚 | zǎo wǎn | morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future | |
| 榜样 | bǎng yàng | model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model | |
| 小道 | xiǎo dào | bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) | |
| 备考 | bèi kǎo | to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference | |
| 参考书 | cān kǎo shū | reference book | |
| 百倍 | bǎi bèi | a hundredfold / (fig.) markedly / to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes) | |
| 参考资料 | cān kǎo zī liào | reference material / bibliography | |
| 工具书 | gōng jù shū | reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc) | |
| 参看 | cān kàn | to consult for reference / see also / please refer to | |
| 笑料 | xiào liào | comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes | |
| 备查 | bèi chá | for future reference | |
| 下西洋 | xià xī yáng | to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean) | |
| 泛指 | fàn zhǐ | to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense | |
| 膝下 | xī xià | at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) | |
| 美神 | Měi shén | goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯|维纳斯[Wei2na4si1] or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒[A1fu2luo4di2te4]) | |
| 参考消息 | Cān kǎo Xiāo xī | Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper) | |
| 类书 | lèi shū | reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China) | |
| 天府之国 | Tiān fǔ zhī guó | land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) | |
| 参照系 | cān zhào xì | frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.) | |
| 弦歌 | xián gē | to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) | |
| 书圣 | Shū shèng | great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361) | |
| 基准点 | jī zhǔn diǎn | reference point / landmark | |
| 基准线 | jī zhǔn xiàn | datum line / reference line | |
| 首善之区 | shǒu shàn zhī qū | (idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city) | |
| 论及 | lùn jí | to make reference to / to mention | |
| 烧炭 | shāo tàn | to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) | |
| 参考系 | cān kǎo xì | frame of reference | |
| 仅作参考 | jǐn zuò cān kǎo | for reference only | |
| 仅供参考 | jǐn gōng cān kǎo | for reference only | |
| 参考材料 | cān kǎo cái liào | reference material / source documents | |
| 单方决定 | dān fāng jué dìng | to decide without reference to other parties involved / unilateral decision | |
| 断背 | duàn bèi | homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) | |
| 格雷氏解剖学 | Gé léi Shì Jiě pōu xué | Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book) | |
| 讳称 | huì chēng | euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference | |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | yuān yang hú dié | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 | |
| 黄土不露天 | huáng tǔ bù lù tiān | a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China | |
| 参考椭球体 | | reference spheroid / spheroid | |
| 参考点 | cān kǎo diǎn | reference point / landmark | |
| 职权范围 | zhí quán fàn wéi | terms of reference | |
| 语文参考资料助理 | | language reference assistant | |
| 文件、参考资料和名词科 | | Documentation, Reference and Terminology Section | |
| 查证股 | | Reference Checking Unit | |
| 大地参考标架 | | geodetic reference frame | |
| 亚洲-太平洋参照框架 | | Asia-Pacific Reference Frame | |
| 人口资料中心 | | population reference centre | |
| 参考资料和通讯中心 | | Reference and Communication Centre | |
| 用户指南和参考手册 | | User's Guide and Reference Manual | |
| 标准物质 | biāo zhǔn wù zhì | reference material | |
| 图书馆和参考资料股 | | Library and Reference Unit | |
| 空间研委会国际参考大气层 | | COSPAR International Reference Atmospheres | |
| 裁军问题参考资料图书馆 | | Disarmament Reference Library | |
| 指标参考点 | | target reference point | |
| 自备标准物质 | zì bèi biāo zhǔn wù zhì | in-house reference material | |
| 参考椭球 | | reference ellipsoid / ellipsoid | |
| 联合国词汇参考系统 | | United Nations Terminology Reference System | |
| 参考历元 | | reference epoch / epoch date / epoch | |
| 参考文件 | | reference paper | |
| 监测和评价咨商小组 | | Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group | |
| 国际土壤参考资料中心 | | International Soil Reference and Information Centre | |
| 马德里框架 | mǎ dé lǐ kuàng jià | Madrid terms of reference | |
| 参照期 | | reference period | |
| 托运专用参考号 | | Unique Consignment Reference | |
| 有证标准物质 | yǒu zhèng biāo zhǔn wù zhì | certified reference material | |
| 参考法或标准共识法 | | reference method / standard consensus method | |
| 生物参考点 | | biological reference point | |
| 协理参考资料干事 | | Associate Reference Officer | |
| 助理参考资料干事 | | Assistant Reference Officer | |
| 参考资料助理 | | Reference Assistant | |
| 时间基准信号 | | time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal | |
| 定时信号 | | time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal | |
| 世界地理坐标基准系统 | | World Geographic Reference System | |
| 参考资料股 | | Reference Unit | |
| 外层空间事务参考资料中心 | | Outer Space Affairs Reference Centre | |
| 假设参考连接 | | hypothetical reference connection | |
| 行政核准和背景调查股 | | Administrative Clearance and Reference Unit | |
| 固定查询号码 | | permanent reference number | |
| 大地测量参考系 | | geodetic reference system | |
| 高级参考资料办事员 | | Senior Reference Clerk | |
| 参考资料干事 | | Reference Officer | |
| 国际地球自转和基准参考事务中央局 | | International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service | |
| 图书馆和参考资料科 | | Library and Reference Section | |
| 欧洲语言共同参考框架 | | Common European Framework of Reference for Languages | |
| 标准和标准物质专家组 | | Group of Experts on Standards and Reference Material | |
| 地形索引坐标系统 | | terrain index reference system | |
| 国际天球参考系 | | International Celestial Reference System | |
| 良好做法参考文件 | | Good Practice Reference Papers | |
| 工作范围 | gōng zuò fàn wéi | terms of reference | |
