| 1 | 插 | 插 | chā | cha1 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose; old variant of 插 | | |
| 2 | 插入 | 插入 | chā rù | cha1 ru4 | to insert; to stick; to thrust | | |
| 3 | 插进 | 插進 | chā jìn | cha1 jin4 | to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device) | | |
| 4 | 插嘴 | 插嘴 | chā zuǐ | cha1 zui3 | to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation | | |
| 5 | 插上 | 插上 | chā shang | cha1 shang5 | to plug into; to insert; to stick in | | |
| 6 | 插图 | 插圖 | chā tú | cha1 tu2 | illustration | | |
| 7 | 插秧 | 插秧 | chā yāng | cha1 yang1 | to transplant rice seedlings | | |
| 8 | 穿插 | 穿插 | chuān chā | chuan1 cha1 | to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces | | |
| 9 | 插排 | 插排 | chā pái | cha1 pai2 | power strip | | |
| 10 | 无心插柳 | 無心插柳 | wú xīn chā liǔ | wu2 xin1 cha1 liu3 | (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated; serendipitous; fortuitous | | |
| 11 | 插卡式 | 插卡式 | chā kǎ shì | cha1 ka3 shi4 | (of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted | | |
| 12 | 排插 | 排插 | pái chā | pai2 cha1 | power strip | | |
| 13 | 插喉 | 插喉 | chā hóu | cha1 hou2 | (coll.) to intubate | | |
| 14 | 插管 | 插管 | chā guǎn | cha1 guan3 | (medicine) to intubate; intubation; (endotracheal) tube | | |
| 15 | 插班 | 插班 | chā bān | cha1 ban1 | to join a class partway through the course | | |
| 16 | 插队 | 插隊 | chā duì | cha1 dui4 | to cut in line; to jump a queue; to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) | | |
| 17 | 插翅难越 | 插翅難越 | chā chì nán yuè | cha1 chi4 nan2 yue4 | no possible escape (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 插翅难飞 | 插翅難飛 | chā chì nán fēi | cha1 chi4 nan2 fei1 | lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape | | |
| 19 | 插翅而飞 | 插翅而飛 | chā chì ér fēi | cha1 chi4 er2 fei1 | to grow wings and fly away (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴 | 有意栽花花不發,無心插柳柳成陰 | yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn | you3 yi4 zai1 hua1 hua1 bu4 fa1 , wu2 xin1 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin1 | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree; fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect; well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it | | |
| 21 | 插不上手 | 插不上手 | chā bu shàng shǒu | cha1 bu5 shang4 shou3 | to be unable to intervene | | |
| 22 | 插脚 | 插腳 | chā jiǎo | cha1 jiao3 | to shove in; to edge in; fig. to poke one's nose into people's business; prong | | |
| 23 | 插播广告 | 插播廣告 | chā bō guǎng gào | cha1 bo1 guang3 gao4 | slot advertisement; interstitial ad; splash ad | | |
| 24 | 插播 | 插播 | chā bō | cha1 bo1 | to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc; to put a call on hold | | |
| 25 | 插科打诨 | 插科打諢 | chā kē dǎ hùn | cha1 ke1 da3 hun4 | to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest; buffoonery | | |