| 1 | 诗 | 詩 | shī | Shi1 | poem; Classifiers: 首 ; poetry; verse; abbr. for Shijing 诗经 , the Book of Songs | | |
| 2 | 诗人 | 詩人 | shī rén | shi1 ren2 | bard; poet | | |
| 3 | 诗歌 | 詩歌 | shī gē | shi1 ge1 | poem; Classifiers: 本 | | |
| 4 | 诗意 | 詩意 | shī yì | shi1 yi4 | poetry; poetic quality or flavor | | |
| 5 | 诗句 | 詩句 | shī jù | shi1 ju4 | Poetic drama; ; verse; Classifiers: 行 | | |
| 6 | 史诗 | 史詩 | shǐ shī | shi3 shi1 | an epic; poetic saga | | |
| 7 | 诗经 | 詩經 | shī jīng | Shi1 jing1 | Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五经 | | |
| 8 | 诗词 | 詩詞 | shī cí | shi1 ci2 | verse | | |
| 9 | 诗篇 | 詩篇 | shī piān | shi1 pian1 | a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms | | |
| 10 | 抒情诗 | 抒情詩 | shū qíng shī | shu1 qing2 shi1 | lyric poetry | | |
| 11 | 今体诗 | 今體詩 | jīn tǐ shī | jin1 ti3 shi1 | same as 近体诗 | | |
| 12 | 近体诗 | 近體詩 | jìn tǐ shī | jin4 ti3 shi1 | a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form | | |
| 13 | 古体诗 | 古體詩 | gǔ tǐ shī | gu3 ti3 shi1 | a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line | | |
| 14 | 古诗 | 古詩 | gǔ shī | gu3 shi1 | old verse; classical Chinese poem | | |
| 15 | 感遇诗 | 感遇詩 | gǎn yù shī | gan3 yu4 shi1 | a lament (poem) | | |
| 16 | 赋诗 | 賦詩 | fù shī | fu4 shi1 | to versify; to compose poetry | | |
| 17 | 定场诗 | 定場詩 | dìng chǎng shī | ding4 chang3 shi1 | first soliloquy text (introducing opera character) | | |
| 18 | 作诗题款 | 作詩題款 | zuò shī tí kuǎn | zuo4 shi1 ti2 kuan3 | to write poems and inscriptions on paintings (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 律诗 | 律詩 | lǜ shī | lu:4 shi1 | regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming | | |
| 20 | 朦胧诗 | 朦朧詩 | méng lóng shī | meng2 long2 shi1 | Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement | | |
| 21 | 打油诗 | 打油詩 | dǎ yóu shī | da3 you2 shi1 | humorous poem; limerick | | |
| 22 | 长诗 | 長詩 | cháng shī | chang2 shi1 | long poem | | |
| 23 | 贫女诗 | 貧女詩 | pín nǚ shī | pin2 nu:3 shi1 | Poor Woman, long poem by Tang dynasty poet Qin Taoyu 秦韬玉 | | |
| 24 | 七言律诗 | 七言律詩 | qī yán lǜ shī | qi1 yan2 lu:4 shi1 | verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines; abbr. to 七律 | | |
| 25 | 情诗 | 情詩 | qíng shī | qing2 shi1 | love poem | | |