| diāo | sable/marten |
| 貂 | sable or marten (genus Martes) |
| 貂熊 | wolverine (Gulo gulo) |
| 貂皮 | mink fur |
| 貂蝉 | Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 |
| 貂裘 | marten coat |
| 貂裘换酒 | lit. to trade a fur coat for a glass of wine extravagant in the extreme (idiom) |