| 老总 | lǎo zǒng | boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer |   |
| 长官 | zhǎng guān | senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 老爹 | lǎo diē | (dialect) father / old man / sir | |
| 老丈 | lǎo zhàng | sir (respectful form of address for an old man) | |
| 爵士 | jué shì | knight / Sir / (loanword) jazz | |
| 何东图书馆 | hé dōng tú shū guǎn | Sir | |
| 韦德 | Wéi dé | Wade (name) / Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪|威妥玛[Wei1 Tuo3 ma3] | |
| 老父 | lǎo fù | father / old man / venerable sir | |
| 尊驾 | zūn jià | lit. your honored carriage / your highness / honored Sir (also sarcastic) / you | |
| 布兰森 | Bù lán sēn | Branson or Brandsen (name) / Sir Richard Branson (1950-), British millionaire and founder of Virgin | |
| 请君入瓮 | qǐng jūn rù wèng | lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine | |
| 李嘉诚 | Lǐ Jiā chéng | Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman | |
| 克里普斯 | Kè lǐ pǔ sī | Cripps (name) / Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician | |
| 曾荫权 | Zēng Yìn quán | Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-) | |
| 伯纳斯·李 | | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and creator of the internet | |
| 司各特 | Sī gè tè | Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist | |
| 威妥玛 | Wēi Tuǒ mǎ | Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system | |
| 尊者 | zūn zhě | honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk) | |
| 尤德 | Yóu dé | Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986 | |
| 斯当东 | Sī dāng dōng | Staunton (name) / Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793 | |
| 柯南·道尔 | | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 | |
| 莱伊尔 | Lái yī ěr | Lyell (name) / Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish geologist | |
| 阿普尔顿 | A1 pǔ ěr dùn | Appleton (name) / Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere | |
| 额菲尔士 | E2 fēi ěr shì | Everest (name) / Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843 / transliteration refers to Mt Everest 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰, Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan) / Nepalese: Sagarmatha | |
| 马克沁 | Mǎ kè qìn | Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun | |
| 伯纳斯・李 | Bó nà sī · Lǐ | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web | |
| 柯南・道尔 | Kē nán · Dào ěr | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克・福爾摩斯|歇洛克・福尔摩斯 | |
| 艾萨克・牛顿 | Aì sà kè · Niú dùn | Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist | |
| 艾萨克·牛顿 | Aì sà kè · Niú dùn | Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist | |
| 柯南·道尔 | Kē nán · Dào ěr | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 | |
| 伯纳斯·李 | Bó nà sī · Lǐ | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web | |
