| 纸 | [ zhǐ ] variant of 紙|纸[zhi3] |
| 纸 | [ zhǐ ] paper, CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2], classifier for documents, letter etc |
| 纸上谈兵 | [ zhǐ shàng tán bīng ] lit. military tactics on paper (idiom), fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice, armchair strategist, idle theorizing, cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC |
| 纸人 | [ zhǐ rén ] paper doll, papercut silhouette |
| 纸人纸马 | [ zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ ] paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| 纸包不住火 | [ zhǐ baō bù zhù huǒ ] lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out |
| 纸包饮品 | [ zhǐ baō yǐn pǐn ] juice box, drink in a carton, Tetra Pak drink |
| 纸品 | [ zhǐ pǐn ] paper products, stationery |
| 纸型 | [ zhǐ xíng ] paper matrix in which type is set |
| 纸堆 | [ zhǐ duī ] papers, stack of paper |
| 纸夹 | [ zhǐ jiā ] paper clip |
| 纸婚 | [ zhǐ hūn ] paper wedding (first year wedding anniversary) |
| 纸尿布 | [ zhǐ bù ] disposable diaper |
| 纸尿片 | [ zhǐ piàn ] disposable diaper |
| 纸尿裤 | [ zhǐ kù ] disposable diaper |
| 纸巾 | [ zhǐ jīn ] paper towel, napkin, facial tissue, CL:張|张[zhang1],包[bao1] |
| 纸带 | [ zhǐ daì ] paper tape, ticker tape, paper streamer |
| 纸币 | [ zhǐ bì ] bank notes, paper currency, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 纸张 | [ zhǐ zhāng ] paper |
| 纸杯 | [ zhǐ beī ] paper cup |
| 纸板 | [ zhǐ bǎn ] cardboard |
| 纸条 | [ zhǐ ] slip of paper |
| 纸样 | [ zhǐ yàng ] paper pattern as model in dressmaking, paper patten |
| 纸浆 | [ zhǐ jiāng ] paper pulp |
| 纸火柴 | [ zhǐ huǒ chaí ] matches made of cardboard |
| 纸火锅 | [ zhǐ huǒ guō ] paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table) |
| 纸灰 | [ zhǐ huī ] ash from burnt paper |
| 纸烟 | [ zhǐ yān ] cigarette |
| 纸煤儿 | [ zhǐ meí ] paper taper used to light cigarette etc |
| 纸片 | [ zhǐ piàn ] a piece, scrap or fragment of paper |
| 纸牌 | [ zhǐ paí ] playing card |
| 纸盆 | [ zhǐ pén ] paper cone used as hailer |
| 纸短情长 | [ zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng ] (idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings |
| 纸箔 | [ zhǐ bó ] joss paper |
| 纸箱 | [ zhǐ xiāng ] carton, cardboard box |
| 纸老虎 | [ zhǐ laǒ hǔ ] paper tiger |
| 纸花 | [ zhǐ huā ] paper flower |
| 纸草 | [ zhǐ caǒ ] papyrus |
| 纸叶子 | [ zhǐ yè zi ] deck of playing cards |
| 纸质 | [ zhǐ zhì ] paper, hard copy, printed (as opposed to electronically displayed) |
| 纸醉金迷 | [ zhǐ zuì jīn mí ] lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury |
| 纸钞 | [ zhǐ chaō ] banknote |
| 纸锭 | [ zhǐ dìng ] paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead) |
| 纸钱 | [ zhǐ qián ] ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead |
| 纸马 | [ zhǐ mǎ ] paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| 纸马儿 | [ zhǐ mǎ ] erhua variant of 紙馬|纸马[zhi3 ma3] |
| 纸鱼 | [ zhǐ yú ] silverfish (Lepisma saccarina), fish moth |
| 纸鸢 | [ zhǐ yuān ] kite |
| 纸鹤 | [ zhǐ hè ] paper crane |
| 纸鹞 | [ zhǐ yaò ] kite |
| 纸黄金 | [ zhǐ huáng jīn ] gold contract, special drawing right (SDR), paper gold (finance) |
| ⇒ 一纸空文 | [ yī zhǐ kōng wén ] a worthless piece of paper (idiom) |
| ⇒ 仿纸 | [ fǎng zhǐ ] copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice) |
| ⇒ 仿羊皮纸 | [ fǎng yáng pí zhǐ ] imitation parchment |
| ⇒ 便条纸 | [ biàn zhǐ ] scrap paper |
| ⇒ 保鲜纸 | [ baǒ xiān zhǐ ] plastic wrap, cling wrap, cling film |
| ⇒ 信纸 | [ xìn zhǐ ] letter paper, writing paper |
| ⇒ 再制纸 | [ zaì zhì zhǐ ] recycled paper |
| ⇒ 冥纸 | [ míng zhǐ ] joss paper made to resemble paper money |
| ⇒ 剪纸 | [ jiǎn zhǐ ] papercutting (Chinese folk art), to make paper cutouts |
| ⇒ 包装纸 | [ baō zhuāng zhǐ ] wrapping paper |
| ⇒ 卡纸 | [ kǎ zhǐ ] cardboard, card stock |
| ⇒ 图纸 | [ tú zhǐ ] blueprint, drawing, design plans, graph paper |
| ⇒ 报纸 | [ baò zhǐ ] newspaper, newsprint, CL:份[fen4],期[qi1],張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 报纸报导 | [ baò zhǐ baò daǒ ] newspaper report |
| ⇒ 墨纸 | [ mò zhǐ ] blotting paper |
| ⇒ 壁纸 | [ bì zhǐ ] wallpaper |
| ⇒ 妹纸 | [ meì zhǐ ] (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mei4 zi5]) |
| ⇒ 字纸篓 | [ zì zhǐ loǔ ] wastepaper basket |
| ⇒ 字纸篓子 | [ zì zhǐ loǔ zi ] see 字紙簍|字纸篓[zi4 zhi3 lou3] |
| ⇒ 宣纸 | [ xuān zhǐ ] fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui |
| ⇒ 厕纸 | [ cè zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 废纸 | [ feì zhǐ ] waste paper |
| ⇒ 手纸 | [ shoǔ zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 抽纸 | [ choū zhǐ ] paper tissue (in a box) |
| ⇒ 拍纸簿 | [ paī zhǐ bù ] writing pad |
| ⇒ 招牌纸 | [ zhaō paí zhǐ ] label, sticker |
| ⇒ 折纸 | [ zhé zhǐ ] paper folding, origami |
| ⇒ 擦腚纸 | [ cā dìng zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 放大纸 | [ fàng dà zhǐ ] enlarging paper (photography), bromide paper |
| ⇒ 故纸堆 | [ gù zhǐ duī ] a pile of old books |
| ⇒ 敬惜字纸 | [ jìng xī zì zhǐ ] to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom) |
| ⇒ 方格纸 | [ fāng gé zhǐ ] squared paper, graph paper, grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters) |
| ⇒ 板纸 | [ bǎn zhǐ ] paperboard, board |
| ⇒ 楮纸 | [ chǔ zhǐ ] kozogami |
| ⇒ 毛边纸 | [ maó biān zhǐ ] fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc, also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1] |
| ⇒ 洛阳纸贵 | [ luò yáng zhǐ guì ] lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom), fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes |
| ⇒ 浮雕墙纸 | [ fú qiáng zhǐ ] anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper) |
| ⇒ 浆纸 | [ jiàng zhǐ ] paper pulp |
| ⇒ 滤纸 | [ lǜ zhǐ ] filter paper |
| ⇒ 无纸化 | [ wú zhǐ huà ] paperless |
| ⇒ 无纸化办公 | [ wú zhǐ huà bàn gōng ] paperless office |
| ⇒ 烧纸 | [ shaō zhǐ ] to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) |
| ⇒ 墙纸 | [ qiáng zhǐ ] wallpaper |
| ⇒ 牛皮纸 | [ niú pí zhǐ ] kraft paper |
| ⇒ 玻璃纸 | [ bō li zhǐ ] cellophane |
| ⇒ 叠纸 | [ dié zhǐ ] to fold paper, origami |
| ⇒ 白报纸 | [ baí baò zhǐ ] newsprint |
| ⇒ 白棉纸 | [ baí mián zhǐ ] stencil tissue paper |
| ⇒ 白纸黑字 | [ baí zhǐ heī zì ] (written) in black and white |
| ⇒ 相纸 | [ xiàng zhǐ ] photographic paper |
| ⇒ 石蕊试纸 | [ shí ruǐ shì zhǐ ] litmus paper (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 砂纸 | [ shā zhǐ ] sandpaper (i.e. abrasive) |
| ⇒ 硬纸 | [ yìng zhǐ ] cardboard, stiff paper |
| ⇒ 碎纸机 | [ suì zhǐ jī ] paper shredder |
| ⇒ 稿纸 | [ gaǒ zhǐ ] draft paper |
| ⇒ 糊墙纸 | [ hú qiáng zhǐ ] wallpaper |
| ⇒ 糯米纸 | [ nuò mǐ zhǐ ] rice paper, membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc |
| ⇒ 纸人纸马 | [ zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ ] paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals |
| ⇒ 羊皮纸 | [ yáng pí zhǐ ] parchment |
| ⇒ 草纸 | [ caǒ zhǐ ] rough straw paper, toilet paper, brown paper |
| ⇒ 薄纸 | [ baó zhǐ ] thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) |
| ⇒ 蜡纸 | [ là zhǐ ] wax paper, stencil paper |
| ⇒ 蚕纸 | [ cán zhǐ ] paper on which silkworm lays its eggs |
| ⇒ 蚕茧纸 | [ cán jiǎn zhǐ ] paper made from silkworm cocoons |
| ⇒ 卫生用纸 | [ weì shēng yòng zhǐ ] toilet paper |
| ⇒ 卫生纸 | [ weì shēng zhǐ ] toilet paper, bathroom tissue |
| ⇒ 裁纸机 | [ caí zhǐ jī ] trimmer, paper cutter |
| ⇒ 复印纸 | [ fù yìn zhǐ ] photocopier paper |
| ⇒ 复写纸 | [ fù xiě zhǐ ] carbon paper |
| ⇒ 贴纸 | [ tiē zhǐ ] sticker |
| ⇒ 跃然纸上 | [ yuè rán zhǐ shàng ] to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc), to stand out markedly |
| ⇒ 造纸 | [ zaò zhǐ ] papermaking |
| ⇒ 造纸术 | [ zaò zhǐ shù ] papermaking process |
| ⇒ 还魂纸 | [ huán hún zhǐ ] recycled paper |
| ⇒ 金迷纸醉 | [ jīn mí zhǐ zuì ] lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury |
| ⇒ 铝箔纸 | [ lǚ bó zhǐ ] aluminum foil |
| ⇒ 锡箔纸 | [ xī bó zhǐ ] aluminum foil, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 镇纸 | [ zhèn zhǐ ] paperweight |
| ⇒ 钻故纸堆 | [ zuān gù zhǐ duī ] to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers |
| ⇒ 电纸书 | [ diàn zhǐ shū ] electronic book reader |
| ⇒ 靶纸 | [ bǎ zhǐ ] target sheet |
| ⇒ 餐巾纸 | [ cān jīn zhǐ ] paper napkin, serviette |
| ⇒ 马粪纸 | [ mǎ fèn zhǐ ] strawboard |
| ⇒ 碱法纸浆 | [ jiǎn fǎ zhǐ jiāng ] alkali pulp |
