| 过渡 | guò dù | to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration) |   |
| 转型 | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change / to transition / to transform / to update (to a new model of product) | |
| 顿挫 | dùn cuò | a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting) | |
| 跃迁 | yuè qiān | transition / jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) | |
| 革命 | gé mìng | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] | |
| 换代 | huàn dài | to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one | |
| 直通车 | zhí tōng chē | "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao) | |
| 继往开来 | jì wǎng kāi lái | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages | |
| 改朝换代 | gǎi cháo huàn dài | to transition to a new dynasty or regime | |
| 边缘人 | biān yuán rén | marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) | |
| 过渡时期 | guò dù shí qī | transition period | |
| 承前启后 | chéng qián qǐ hòu | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages | |
| 王夫之 | Wáng Fū zhī | Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition | |
| 元好问 | Yuán Hào wèn | Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition | |
| 承上起下 | chéng shàng qǐ xià | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages | |
| 周勃 | Zhōu Bó | Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han | |
| 孟思诚 | Mèng Sī chéng | Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom | |
| 改朝 | gǎi cháo | to transition to a new dynasty | |
| 王岱舆 | Wáng Dài yú | Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition | |
| 过渡金属 | guò dù jīn shǔ | transition metal (chemistry) | |
| 陈忱 | Chén Chén | Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传 | |
| 冯武 | Féng Wǔ | Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮竇伯|冯窦伯[Feng2 Dou4 bo2] | |
| 冯窦伯 | Féng Dòu bó | Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition / also called 馮武|冯武[Feng2 Wu3] | |
| 黄宗羲 | Huáng Zōng xī | Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition | |
| 齿更 | chǐ gēng | dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) | |
| 过渡阶段 | guò dù jiē duàn | transition phase | |
| 能源转变 | | energy transition | |
| 全国过渡联合小组 | quán guó guò dù lián hé xiǎo zǔ | Joint National Transition Team | |
| 国际支持过渡委员会 | | International Committee for Support to the Transition | |
| 包容各方的全面协定 | | Comprehensive and All-Inclusive Agreement on the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / All-Inclusive Agreement / Global and All-Inclusive Agreement | |
| 促进转型经济体开发面向市场的煤气业 | | Promotion and Development of Market-Based Gas Industries in Economies in Transition | |
| 处境不利的转型经济体 | | disadvantaged economies in transition | |
| 中欧和东欧转型经济体 | | Central and Eastern European transition economies | |
| 援助转型国家信托基金 | | Trust Fund For Assistance to Countries in Transition | |
| 转型经济体 | | economies in transition / transition economies | |
| 驻伊拉克多国安全过渡部队 | zhù yī lā kè duō guó ān quán guò dù bù duì | Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq | |
| 大陆地壳和海洋地壳过渡区 | | continent / ocean crust transition / continent-ocean transition | |
| 联合国过渡时期援助团培训信托基金 | lián hé guó guò dù shí qī yuán zhù tuán péi xùn xìn tuō jī jīn | United Nations Trust Fund for training for the United Nations Transition Assistance Group | |
| 转型经济体可持续发展国际会议 | | International Conference on the Sustainable Development of the Economies in Transition | |
| 转型国家官方统计基本原则圆桌会议 | | Roundtable on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics in the Countries in Transition | |
| 与欧洲转型经济体合作中心 | | Centre for Cooperation with European Economies in Transition | |
| 管理环境资源实现向可持续生计的过渡 | | Managing Environmental Resources to Enable Transition to More Sustainable Livelihoods | |
| 联合国驻前南斯拉夫过渡办事处 | | United Nations Transition Office in the former Yugoslavia | |
| 联合国前南斯拉夫行动过渡办事处 | | Transition Office for the United Nations Operations in the former Yugoslavia | |
| 转变阶段 | | transition phase | |
| 转变中的湖泊 | | transition lake | |
| 数码时代转型经济体电子商务论坛 | | Forum on E-Commerce for Transition Economies in the Digital Age | |
| 从救济走向发展 | | transition from relief to development | |
| 过渡问题联合工作组 | guò dù wèn tí lián hé gōng zuò zǔ | Joint Working Group on Transition Issues | |
| 政治过渡 | | political transition | |
| 前南斯拉夫境内职责移交指导委员会 | | Steering Committee on Transition of Responsibilities in the former Yugoslavia | |
| 分阶段过渡 | | phased transition / progressive handover | |
| 逐步移交 | | phased transition / progressive handover | |
| 转型经济体和自由经济区科 | | Section on Economies in Transition and Free Economic Zones | |
| 一步过渡 | | single-step transition | |
| 执行过渡专家组 | | Transition Implementation Expert Team | |
| 降低转型进程社会成本的政策国际讨论会 | | International Seminar on Policies for Reducing Social Costs of the Transition Process | |
| 经济过度时期社会政策国际专题讨论会 | | International Symposium on Social Policies During Economic Transition | |
| 联合国南非过渡时期特派团 | | United Nations Transition Mission in South Africa | |
| 经济转型国家 | | countries with economies in transition | |
| 欧洲转型国家人类住区部长级会议 | | Ministerial Meeting on Human Settlements in European Countries in Transition | |
| 科索沃过渡倡议 | | Kosovo Transition Initiative | |
| 转型国家环境与自然资源会计讲习班 | | Workshop on Environmental and Natural Resource Accounting with Particular reference to Countries in Transition | |
| 政府-安援部队联合过渡计划 | | joint Government-ISAF transition plan | |
| 转型经济体企业和银行的调整 | | Enterprise and Bank Restructuring in the Transition Economies | |
| 阿富汗安全部队过渡联合指挥部 | | Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan | |
| 全国团结和过渡政府 | | Government of National Unity and Transition | |
| 转型国家妇女的经济和社会权利讨论会 | | seminar on the economic and social rights of women in countries in transition | |
| 过渡性地壳 | | gradational crust / transition crust | |
| 埃塞俄比亚和平与民主过渡会议 | | Conference for Peaceful and Democratic Transition in Ethiopia | |
| 联合国过渡时期援助团 | | United Nations Transition Assistance Group | |
| 联合国索马里过渡计划 | | United Nations Transition Plan for Somalia | |
| 政治过渡宪章 | | Political Transition Charter | |
| 国家健康和营养过渡项目 | | Country health and nutrition transition project | |
| 向文官政府过渡方桉 | | Programme of Transition to Civil Rule | |
| 转型经济体科 | | Transition Economies Section | |
| 注重成果的过渡框架监察委员会 | | Results Focused Transition Framework Monitoring Committee | |
| 过渡支助股 | | Transition Support Unit | |
| 职业过渡股 | | Career Transition Unit | |
| 转型期儿童战略 | | "Strategies for Children during the Transition | |
| 转型国家应用国民账户体系手册 | | Handbook on Application of SNA in Countries in Transition | |
| 回南天 | huí nán tiān | weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during the transition from winter to spring in Southern China | |
| 跨界 | kuà jiè | to go beyond the border / to be transboundary / (fig.) to transition to a new field of endeavor / to be interdisciplinary | |
