| 根茎 | gēn jīng | stolon / runner / rhizome / rhizoma |  |
| 根状茎 | gēn zhuàng jīng | rhizome (biol.) / root stock | |
| 黄连 | huáng lián | Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine | |
| 白术 | bái zhú | the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia) | |
| 川芎 | chuān xiōng | chuanxiong rhizome (rhizome of Ligusticum wallichii, used in TCM) |  |
| 地黄 | dì huáng | Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM | |
| 熟地 | shú dì | cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) | |
| 泽泻 | zé xiè | common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) | |
| 苍术 | cāng zhú | black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) | |
| 芦根 | lú gēn | reed rhizome (used in TCM) | |
| 莪 |  é | zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric | |
| 宝塔菜 | bǎo tǎ cài | Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome | |
| 芎藭 | qióng xiōng | chuanxiong rhizome / also named 川芎[chuan1 xiong1] | |
| 蒲菜 | pú cài | edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2] | |
| 仙茅 | xiān máo | golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM) | |
| 折耳根 | zhé ěr gēn | chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome | |
