| 丹参 | [ dān shēn ] (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) |
| 丹宁 | [ dān níng ] (loanword) denim, tannin |
| 丹寨县 | [ dān zhaì xiàn ] Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 丹尼尔 | [ dān ní ěr ] Daniel (name) |
| 丹巴县 | [ dān bā xiàn ] Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) |
| 丹徒区 | [ dān tú qū ] Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 丹东 | [ dān dōng ] Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China |
| 丹东市 | [ dān dōng shì ] Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China |
| 丹瑞大将 | [ dān ruì dà jiàng ] Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011 |
| 丹棱 | [ dān léng ] Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 丹棱县 | [ dān léng xiàn ] Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 丹贝 | [ dān beì ] see 天貝|天贝[tian1 bei4] |
| 丹阳 | [ dān yáng ] Danyang county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhen4 jiang1], Jiangsu |
| 丹阳市 | [ dān yáng shì ] Danyang county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhen4 jiang1], Jiangsu |
| 丹顶鹤 | [ dān dǐng hè ] (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 丹凤 | [ dān fèng ] Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi |
| 丹凤 | [ dān fèng ] red phoenix |
| 丹凤眼 | [ dān fèng yǎn ] red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards) |
| 丹凤县 | [ dān fèng xiàn ] Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi |
| 丹麦 | [ dān maì ] Denmark |
| 丹麦包 | [ dān maì baō ] Danish pastry |
| ⇒ 伊势丹 | [ yī shì dān ] Isetan, Japanese department store |
| ⇒ 内丹 | [ neì dān ] Taoist internal alchemy |
| ⇒ 八宝丹 | [ bā baǒ dān ] eight-jewel elixir (TCM) |
| ⇒ 加里曼丹岛 | [ jiā lǐ màn dān daǒ ] Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island) |
| ⇒ 南丹县 | [ nán dān xiàn ] Nandan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 南苏丹 | [ nán sū dān ] South Sudan |
| ⇒ 史丹福大学 | [ shǐ dān fú dà xué ] Stanford University |
| ⇒ 史丹顿岛 | [ shǐ dān dùn daǒ ] Staten Island, borough of New York City |
| ⇒ 吉兰丹 | [ jí lán dān ] Kelantan (state of Malaysia) |
| ⇒ 吉兰丹州 | [ jí lán dān zhoū ] Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3] |
| ⇒ 吉兰丹河 | [ jí lán dān hé ] Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border |
| ⇒ 乔丹 | [ dān ] Jordan (name) |
| ⇒ 山丹县 | [ shān dān xiàn ] Shandan county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[Zhang1 ye4], Gansu |
| ⇒ 张丹 | [ zhāng dān ] Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater |
| ⇒ 志丹县 | [ zhì dān xiàn ] Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 拉马丹 | [ lā mǎ dān ] Ramadan (loanword) |
| ⇒ 炼丹 | [ liàn dān ] to concoct pills of immortality |
| ⇒ 炼丹八卦炉 | [ liàn dān bā guà lú ] eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality, symbol of the alchemist's art, Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
| ⇒ 炼丹术 | [ liàn dān shù ] maker of immortality pill, concocting magic pills |
| ⇒ 牡丹区 | [ mǔ dan qū ] Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong |
| ⇒ 牡丹江地区 | [ mǔ dan jiāng dì qū ] Mudanjiang prefecture in Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 牡丹乡 | [ mǔ dan xiāng ] Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ quán zhàng lǜ yè fú ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 牡丹虽好,全凭绿叶扶持 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ quán píng lǜ yè fú chí ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持 | [ mǔ dan suī haǒ zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí ] Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| ⇒ 红毛丹 | [ hóng maó dān ] rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum) |
| ⇒ 莱麦丹 | [ laí maì dān ] Ramadan (loanword) |
| ⇒ 万丹 | [ wàn dān ] Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 万丹乡 | [ wàn dān xiāng ] Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 万应灵丹 | [ wàn yìng líng dān ] panacea |
| ⇒ 万灵丹 | [ wàn líng dān ] panacea, cure-all |
| ⇒ 苏丹 | [ sū dān ] Sudan, sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor) |
| ⇒ 赞丹 | [ zàn dān ] Zaandam (town in Netherlands) |
| ⇒ 迈克尔b7乔丹 | [ maì kè ěr dān ] Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player |
| ⇒ 银丹 | [ yín dān ] lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent) |
| ⇒ 灵丹妙药 | [ líng dān yaò ] effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems, panacea, elixir |
| ⇒ 马缨丹 | [ mǎ yīng dān ] lantana (botany) |