| chì | red/scarlet/bare/naked |
| 赤 | red scarlet bare |
| 赤化 | to fall under Communist control. |
| 赤卫队 | Red Guards |
| 赤县 | China |
| 赤口日 | third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day) |
| 赤地 | barren land |
| 赤地千里 | thousand of barren land |
| 赤坎 | Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 |
| 赤坎区 | Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 |
| 赤城 | Chicheng county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口 |
| 赤城县 | Chicheng county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口 |
| 赤塔 | chita |
| 赤壁 | Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 |
| 赤壁之战 | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 |
| 赤壁县 | Chibi county in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei |
| 赤壁市 | Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei Chibi or Redcliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Redcliff of 208 |
| 赤子 | a newborn baby ruler's subjects |
| 赤子之心 | utter innocence |
| 赤字 | (financial) deficit red letter |
| 赤字开支 | deficit spending |