| 废墟 | fèi xū | ruins |   |
| 遗址 | yí zhǐ | ruins / historic relics | |
| 残垣断壁 | cán yuán duàn bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 陈迹 | chén jì | past events / relics from a former age / ruins | |
| 墟 |  xū | ruins / (literary) village / variant of 圩[xu1] / country fair | |
| 基址 | jī zhǐ | foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building) | |
| 颓垣断壁 | tuí yuán duàn bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 断壁残垣 | duàn bì cán yuán | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 残垣败壁 | cán yuán bài bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 残垣 | cán yuán | (literary) ruined walls / ruins | |
| 断垣残壁 | duàn yuán cán bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 断壁颓垣 | duàn bì tuí yuán | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 殷墟 | Yīn xū | Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 / city at Anyang 安陽|安阳 / in Henan province, a World Heritage site | |
| 残败 | cán bài | dilapidated / in ruins | |
| 崩 | bēng | to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise | |
| 华屋丘墟 | huá wū qiū xū | magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom) / fig. all one's plans in ruins | |
| 且末遗址 | Qiě mò yí zhǐ | ruins of Cherchen, Qarqan or Chiemo, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang | |
| 故迹 | gù jì | historical ruins | |
| 礼崩乐坏 | lǐ bēng yuè huài | rites and music are in ruins (idiom) / fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4] | |
| 轮台古城 | Lún tái gǔ chéng | ruins of Luntai city, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang | |
| 阖闾城遗址 | Hé Lu:2 chéng yí zhǐ | ruins of capital city of King Helu of Wu, from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu | |
| 黑水城 | Hēi shuǐ Chéng | ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[E2 ji4 na4 Qi2], Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia | |
