| fǔ | decay/rotten |
| 腐 | decay rotten |
| 腐乳 | pickled tofu |
| 腐儒 | gerund-grinder; pedant |
| 腐刑 | castration (a form of punishment during the Han period) |
| 腐化 | to rot to decay to become corrupt |
| 腐化分子 | corrupt element; corruptionist; depraved person |
| 腐化堕落 | become corrupt and degenerate |
| 腐化的 | corrupt |
| 腐坏 | rot |
| 腐恶 | corrupt and evil |
| 腐旧 | decayed and outmoded |
| 腐木 | rotted wood; rottenwood |
| 腐朽 | rotten decayed decadent |
| 腐朽没落 | rotten to the core and declining; decadent and declining |
| 腐殖土 | humus (topsoil of decayed vegetation) |
| 腐殖泥 | sapropel |
| 腐殖煤 | humic coal; huminite; humolite; liptobillitic coals; humolites; humus coal |
| 腐殖覆盖物 | mulch |
| 腐殖质 | humus; MOR; humic substance; humic matter; sapropel; humic compound; humics |
| 腐殖酸 | humic acid |