| 塵 | [ chén ] dust, dirt, earth |
| 塵世 | [ chén shì ] this mortal life, the mundane world |
| 塵俗 | [ chén sú ] mundane world |
| 塵囂 | [ chén ] hubbub, hustle and bustle |
| 塵土 | [ chén tǔ ] dust |
| 塵埃 | [ chén aī ] dust |
| 塵埃落定 | [ chén aī luò dìng ] "Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2] |
| 塵埃落定 | [ chén aī luò dìng ] lit. the dust has settled (idiom), fig. to get sorted out, to be finalized |
| 塵封 | [ chén fēng ] covered in dust, dusty, lying unused for a long time |
| 塵暴 | [ chén baò ] dust devil |
| 塵肺 | [ chén feì ] pneumoconiosis |
| 塵蟎 | [ chén mǎn ] dust mite |
| 塵雲 | [ chén yún ] dust cloud |
| 塵霧 | [ chén wù ] cloud of dust, smog |
| ⇒ 一塵不染 | [ yī chén bù rǎn ] untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible, spotless |
| ⇒ 一路風塵 | [ yī lù fēng chén ] to live an exhausting journey |
| ⇒ 凡塵 | [ fán chén ] mundane world (in religious context), this mortal coil |
| ⇒ 前塵 | [ qián chén ] the past, impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 吸塵器 | [ xī chén qì ] vacuum cleaner, dust catcher |
| ⇒ 吸塵機 | [ xī chén jī ] vacuum cleaner |
| ⇒ 封塵 | [ fēng chén ] to gather dust |
| ⇒ 征塵 | [ zhēng chén ] the dust of a long journey |
| ⇒ 後塵 | [ hoù chén ] lit. trailing dust, fig. sb's footsteps, course in life |
| ⇒ 微塵 | [ weī chén ] dust, (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter |
| ⇒ 拂塵 | [ fú chén ] horsetail whisk, duster |
| ⇒ 望塵莫及 | [ wàng chén mò jí ] lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom), to be far inferior |
| ⇒ 步人後塵 | [ bù rén hoù chén ] to follow in other people's footsteps |
| ⇒ 沙塵 | [ shā chén ] airborne sand and dust |
| ⇒ 沙塵暴 | [ shā chén baò ] sand and dust storm |
| ⇒ 浮塵 | [ fú chén ] dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface), large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm |
| ⇒ 滌塵 | [ dí chén ] to wash off dust |
| ⇒ 滿臉風塵 | [ mǎn liǎn fēng chén ] lit. with a face full of dust, showing the hardships of travel (idiom) |
| ⇒ 滿身塵埃 | [ mǎn shēn chén aī ] dusty |
| ⇒ 濾塵器 | [ lǜ chén qì ] dust filter |
| ⇒ 灰塵 | [ huī chén ] dust |
| ⇒ 煙塵 | [ yān chén ] smoke and dust, air pollution |
| ⇒ 甚囂塵上 | [ shèn chén shàng ] clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor, to raise a tremendous stink |
| ⇒ 看破紅塵 | [ kān pò hóng chén ] to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk), disillusioned with human society, to reject the world for a monastic life |
| ⇒ 粉塵 | [ fěn chén ] dust, airborne powder, solid particulate matter |
| ⇒ 紅塵 | [ hóng chén ] the world of mortals (Buddhism), human society, worldly affairs |
| ⇒ 纖塵 | [ xiān chén ] speck of dust, fine dust |
| ⇒ 纖塵不染 | [ xiān chén bù rǎn ] see 一塵不染|一尘不染[yi1 chen2 bu4 ran3] |
| ⇒ 落塵 | [ luò chén ] dust fall, fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc), particulate matter |
| ⇒ 軼塵 | [ yì chén ] variant of 逸塵|逸尘[yi4 chen2] |
| ⇒ 逸塵 | [ yì chén ] outstanding, above the common, out of the ordinary |
| ⇒ 逸塵斷鞅 | [ yì chén duàn yāng ] lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness, fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) |
| ⇒ 降塵 | [ jiàng chén ] dust fall, fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc), particulate matter |
| ⇒ 除塵 | [ chú chén ] to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) |
| ⇒ 除塵機 | [ chú chén jī ] dusting machine, dust filter |
| ⇒ 風塵 | [ fēng chén ] windblown dust, hardships of travel, vicissitudes of life, prostitution |
| ⇒ 風塵僕僕 | [ fēng chén pú pú ] lit. covered in dust (idiom), fig. travel-worn |
| ⇒ 飄塵 | [ chén ] floating dust, atmospheric particles |
| ⇒ 鹼性塵霧 | [ jiǎn xìng chén wù ] alkali fumes |