| 酸 |  suān | sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid |   |
| 酸涩 | suān sè | sour / acrid / (fig.) bitter / painful | |
| 酸溜溜 | suān liū liū | sour / acid | |
| 变苦 | biàn kǔ | to sour / to turn sour / to curdle | |
| 酸不溜丢 | suān bu liū diū | sour / acrid / (of a person) embittered | |
| 沙瓦 | shā wǎ | a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword) | |
| 餲 | ài | (literary) (of food) spoiled / sour / gone off | |
| 酸甜苦辣 | suān tián kǔ là | sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life | |
| 五味 | wǔ wèi | the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors | |
| 酸甜 | suān tián | sour and sweet | |
| 糖醋 | táng cù | sweet and sour | |
| 五香 | wǔ xiāng | five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) | |
| 比翼双飞 | bǐ yì shuāng fēi | lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish | |
| 酸枣 | suān zǎo | sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa) | |
| 甜酸 | tián suān | sweet and sour | |
| 酸辣汤 | suān là tāng | hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup | |
| 糖醋鱼 | táng cù yú | sweet and sour fish | |
| 槟子 | bīn zi | binzi / a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent | |
| 咕咾肉 | gū lǎo ròu | sweet and sour meat (pork) | |
| 咕噜肉 | gū lū ròu | sweet and sour meat (pork) | |
| 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 | chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
| 果蔬酸酸乳 | guǒ shū suān suān rǔ | fruit sour milk | |
| 甜酸肉 | tián suān ròu | sweet and sour pork | |
| 糖醋肉 | táng cù ròu | sweet and sour pork | |
| 糖醋里脊 | táng cù lǐ jǐ | sweet and sour pork | |
| 说葡萄酸 | shuō pú tao suān | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
| 酸葡萄 | suān pú tao | sour grapes | |
| 酸辣土豆丝 | suān là tǔ dòu sī | hot and sour shredded potato | |
| 酸辣酱 | suān là jiàng | hot and sour sauce / chutney | |
| 酸败 | suān bài | (milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off | |
| 古老肉 | gǔ lǎo ròu | sweet and sour pork / also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4] | |
| 酸气 | suān qì | sour gas | |
| 苦瓜脸 | kǔ guā liǎn | sour expression on one's face | |
| 嗳气酸腐 | ài qì suān fǔ | belching of sour putrid gas (medical term) | |
| 嗳酸 | ài suān | sour belching (medical term) | |
| 臭脸 | chòu liǎn | sour face / scowling face / CL:張|张[zhang1],副[fu4] | |
| 酸儿辣女 | suān ér là nu:3 | if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy / if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom) | |
| 嗳气酸腐 | ǎi qì suān fǔ | belching of sour putrid gas (medical term) | |
| 嗳酸 | ǎi suān | sour belching (medical term) | |
| 酸奶油 | suān nǎi yóu | sour cream | |
| 酸甜苦辣 | suān - tián - kǔ - là | lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors / the joys and sorrows of life | |
