| 醋 |  cù | vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry) |   |
| 酿造 | niàng zào | to brew / to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation | |
| 食醋 | shí cù | table vinegar | |
| 白醋 | bái cù | white vinegar / plain vinegar | |
| 醋坛子 | cù tán zi | vinegar jar / (fig.) person of a jealous nature | |
| 香醋 | xiāng cù | aromatic vinegar / balsamic vinegar | |
| 陈醋 | chén cù | mature vinegar | |
| 烩 | huì | to braise / to cook in soy and vinegar / braised / cooked in soy and vinegar | |
| 添油加醋 | tiān yóu jiā cù | lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting) | |
| 油盐酱醋 | yóu yán jiàng cù | (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life | |
| 芳香醋 | fāng xiāng cù | balsamic vinegar | |
| 蓝肤木 | lán fū mù | sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice / also called tanner's sumach or vinegar tree | |
| 醋海生波 | cù hǎi shēng bō | lit. waves on a sea of vinegar / trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom) | |
| 柴米油盐酱醋茶 | chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá | lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities | |
