| 好事 | hǎo shì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead |
| 神仙 | shén xiān | Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person |
| 真人 | zhēn rén | a real person / Daoist spiritual master |
| 龙虎 | lóng hǔ | outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) |
| 仙人 | xiān rén | Daoist immortal / celestial being |
| 道家 | Dào jiā | Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC) |
| 列子 | Liè zǐ | Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD) |
| 八仙 | Bā xiān | the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology) |
| 羽化 | yǔ huà | levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion |
| 五岳 | Wǔ yuè | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan |
| 茅山 | Máo Shān | Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province |
| 导引 | dǎo yǐn | same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3] / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage |
| 点化 | diǎn huà | magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal / fig. to reveal / to enlighten |
| 庄周 | Zhuāng Zhōu | same as Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
| 道士 | dào shì | Daoist priest |
| 脱胎换骨 | tuō tāi huàn gǔ | to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) |
| 玄学 | xuán xué | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) |
| 庄子 | Zhuāng zǐ | Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
| 灵符 | líng fú | a Daoist talisman |
| 真武 | Zhēn wǔ | Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 |
| 道观 | dào guàn | Daoist temple |
| 炉火纯青 | lú huǒ - chún qīng | lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection |
| 方丈 | fāng zhang | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber |
| 道姑 | dào gū | Daoist nun |
| 法号 | fǎ hào | name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) |