| 蛛丝马迹 | zhū sī mǎ jì | lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue |   |
| 行迹 | xíng jì | tracks / traces / movements | |
| 痕 |  hén | scar / traces | |
| 靷 | yǐn | traces (of a carriage) | |
| 迹证 | jì zhèng | (Tw) traces / material evidence (archaeology, criminal investigation etc) | |
| 抹杀 | mǒ shā | to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress | |
| 遁形 | dùn xíng | to vanish / to hide / to cover one's traces | |
| 来踪去迹 | lái zōng qù jì | the traces of a person's movements / (fig.) sb's history / (fig.) the ins and out of a matter | |
| 察微知著 | chá wēi zhī zhù | to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom) / to deduce the whole story from small traces | |
| 敛迹 | liǎn jì | to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view) | |
| 玩索 | wán suǒ | to search for subtle traces / to ponder | |
| 旧迹 | jiù jì | old traces / signs from the past | |
| 跡证 | jì zhèng | traces of / material evidence | |
| 零偏移记录道 | líng piān yí jì lù dào | zero-offset traces | |
| 地震道排列 | | gather of traces / trace gather / gather | |
| 见微知著 | jiàn wēi - zhī zhù | (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends / to deduce the whole story from small traces | |
