| 渣 | [ zhā ] slag (in mining or smelting), dregs |
| 渣子 | [ zhā zi ] dregs, bits, dregs (of society) |
| 渣打銀行 | [ zhā dǎ yín háng ] Standard Chartered Bank |
| 渣滓 | [ zhā zǐ ] residue, dregs, disreputable people |
| 渣男 | [ zhā nán ] (coll.) jerk, scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) |
| ⇒ 人渣 | [ rén zhā ] dregs of society, scum |
| ⇒ 土得掉渣 | [ tǔ de zhā ] (coll.) rustic, uncouth |
| ⇒ 學渣 | [ xué zhā ] (coll.) unenthusiastic, mediocre student, underachiever |
| ⇒ 廢渣 | [ feì zhā ] industrial waste product, slag |
| ⇒ 殘渣 | [ cán zhā ] remainder, filtered out residue, sediment, waste product, debris, detritus, rubbish |
| ⇒ 殘渣餘孽 | [ cán zhā yú niè ] evil elements who have escaped eradication |
| ⇒ 煤渣 | [ meí zhā ] slack |
| ⇒ 熔渣 | [ róng zhā ] slag (smelting) |
| ⇒ 爐渣 | [ lú zhā ] furnace slag, ashes from a stove |
| ⇒ 甘蔗渣 | [ gān zhe zhā ] bagasse |
| ⇒ 石渣 | [ shí zhā ] gravel |
| ⇒ 礦渣 | [ kuàng zhā ] slag (mining) |
| ⇒ 蔗渣 | [ zhè zhā ] bagasse (sugar cane waste) |
| ⇒ 藥渣 | [ yaò zhà ] dregs of a decoction |
| ⇒ 豆渣 | [ doù zhā ] okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) |
| ⇒ 豆渣腦筋 | [ doù zhā naǒ jīn ] idiot, porridge head |
| ⇒ 豆腐渣 | [ doù fu zhā ] okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) |
| ⇒ 豆腐渣工程 | [ doù fu zhā gōng chéng ] jerry-built building project, lit. built on soybean dregs |
| ⇒ 酒渣鼻 | [ jiǔ zhā bí ] rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose), brandy nose |
| ⇒ 體育渣 | [ tǐ yù zhā ] unathletic person |
| ⇒ 鬍渣 | [ hú zhā ] see 鬍碴|胡碴[hu2 cha1] |
| ⇒ 麵包渣 | [ miàn baō zhā ] breadcrumbs |