| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m. |
| 未 | wèi | not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° |
| 之所以 | zhī suǒ yǐ | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" |
| 申 | shēn | to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° |
| 子 | zǐ | son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| π日 | Pài rì | World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year |
| 亥 | hài | 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330° |
| 酉 | yǒu | 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west) |
| P | P | (slang) femme (lesbian stereotype) / to photoshop |
| 健美操 | jiàn měi cāo | aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity) |
| 午 | wǔ | 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) |
| 送气 | sòng qì | aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d) |
| 双唇音 | shuāng chún yīn | bilabial consonant (b, p, or m) |
| 株式会社 | zhū shì huì shè | Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha |
| 狄拉克 | Dí lā kè | P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist |
| 丰溪 | Fēng xī | Fengxi, common place name / P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site |
| 克苏鲁 | Kè sū lǔ | Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft |
| 丁韪良 | Dīng Wěi liáng | William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University |
| 八点档 | bā diǎn dàng | 8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m. |
| 又及 | yòu jí | P.S. / postscript |
| 圆周率 | yuán zhōu lǜ | (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π) |
| 土地利用规划 | tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà | land use plan (official P.R.C. government term) |
| 对氨基苯丙酮 | duì ān jī běn bǐng tóng | p-aminopropiophenone |
| 小花远志 | xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì | small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| 平安北道 | Píng ān běi dào | North P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea, adjacent to Liaoning |