| 海峡 | hǎi xiá | strait / channel |  |
| 台海 | Tái hǎi | abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait | |
| 马六甲 | Mǎ liù jiǎ | Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra | |
| 琼州海峡 | Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiá | Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China) | |
| 白令海峡 | Bái lìng Hǎi xiá | the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska) | |
| 巴士海峡 | Bā shì Hǎi xiá | Bashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan | |
| 霍尔木兹海峡 | Huò ěr mù zī Hǎi xiá | Strait of Hormuz | |
| 马六甲海峡 | Mǎ liù jiǎ Hǎi xiá | Strait of Malacca | |
| 台湾海峡 | Tái wān Hǎi xiá | Taiwan Strait | |
| 新海峡时报 | Xīn Hǎi xiá Shí bào | New Strait Times (newspaper) | |
| 直布罗陀海峡 | Zhí bù luó tuó Hǎi xiá | Strait of Gibraltar | |
| 八二三炮战 | bā èr sān pào zhàn | bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | |
| 加来海峡 | Jiā lái Hǎi xiá | Strait of Calais in the English channel / Strait of Dover / Pas-de-Calais, département of France | |
| 墨西拿海峡 | Mò xī ná Hǎi xiá | Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily | |
| 奥特朗托海峡 | Aò tè lǎng tuō Hǎi xiá | Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania | |
| 对马海峡 | Duì mǎ Hǎi xiá | Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea | |
| 巴布延群岛 | Bā bù yán Qún dǎo | Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines | |
| 朝鲜海峡 | Cháo xiǎn Hǎi xiá | Korea Strait / Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea) | |
| 达达尼尔海峡 | Dá dá ní ěr Hǎi xiá | Dardanelles Strait / Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı | |
| 巽他海峡 | xùn tā hǎi xiá | Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java | |
| 鞑靼海峡 | Dá dá Hǎi xiá | Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland | |
| 虎门 | Hǔ mén | the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4] | |
| 吕宋海峡 | Lu:3 sòng Hǎi xiá | Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines) | |
| 布兰斯菲尔德海峡 | bù lán sī fěi ěr dé hǎi xiá | Bransfield Strait | |
| 土着和托雷斯海峡岛民委员会 | | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission | |
| 喀拉喀托 | Kā lā kā tuō | Krakatoa island and volcano in the Sunda Strait | |
