| 军阀 | jūn fá | military clique / junta / warlord |  |
| 刘备 | Liú Bèi | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 / (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty | |
| 诸侯 | zhū hóu | feudal vassal / feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 / of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC / subordinate warlord / local official |  |
| 吕布 | Lu:3 Bù | Lü / Bu (-198), general and warlord | |
| 项羽 | Xiàng Yǔ | Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor | |
| 特别行政区 | tè bié xíng zhèng qū | special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 / and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia | |
| 袁绍 | Yuán Shào | Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord | |
| 孙权 | Sūn Quán | Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period | |
| 张学良 | Zhāng Xué liáng | Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army | |
| 袁世凯 | Yuán Shì kǎi | Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China | |
| 司马懿 | Sī mǎ Yì | Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty | |
| 貂蝉 | Diāo Chán | Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] | |
| 刘表 | Liú Biǎo | Liu Biao (142-208), warlord | |
| 家臣 | jiā chén | counselor of king or feudal warlord / henchman | |
| 冯玉祥 | Féng Yù xiáng | Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek | |
| 杨森 | Yáng Sēn | Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general | |
| 张作霖 | Zhāng Zuò lín | Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 | |
| 李宗仁 | Lǐ Zōng rén | Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction | |
| 阎锡山 | Yán Xī shān | Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi | |
| 段祺瑞 | Duàn Qí ruì | Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord | |
| 白崇禧 | Bái Chóng xǐ | Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949 | |
| 杨虎城 | Yáng Hǔ chéng | Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general | |
| 陈炯明 | Chén Jiǒng míng | Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong | |
| 孙传芳 | Sūn Chuán fāng | Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935 | |
| 曹操 | Cáo Cāo | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 | |
| 皇甫嵩 | Huáng fǔ Sōng | Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord | |
| 王敦 | Wáng Dūn | Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導|王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324 | |
| 中苏解决悬案大纲协定 | Zhōng Sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng | the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China | |
| 刘渊 | Liú Yuān | Liu Yuan (c. 251-310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉[Cheng2 Han4] (304-347) | |
| 北洋政府 | Běi yáng zhèng fǔ | the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 / after the Xinhai revolution of 1911 | |
| 桂系军阀 | Guì xì jūn fá | Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930 | |
| 汤玉麟 | Tāng Yù lín | Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth | |
| 源·赖朝 | | MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府[Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3] | |
| 蒋桂战争 | Jiǎng Guì zhàn zhēng | confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction | |
| 丰臣·秀吉 | | TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Japanese warlord, undisputed ruler of Japan 1590-1598 | |
| 邵飄萍 | shào piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖 | |
| 陆荣廷 | Lù Róng tíng | Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction | |
| 源赖朝 | Yuán Lài cháo | MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府[Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3] | |
| 孙策 | Sūn Cè | Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty | |
| 丰臣秀吉 | Fēng chén Xiù jí | TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Japanese warlord, undisputed ruler of Japan 1590-1598 | |
| 地方军阀 | | local warlord | |
| 源・赖朝 | Yuán · Lài cháo | MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府[Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3] | |
| 邵飘萍 | Shào Piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖 | |
| 拥兵自重 | yōng bīng zì zhòng | (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government | |
| 赤兔 | Chì tù | Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] in the Three Kingdoms era | |
