| 1 | 帝国主义 | 帝國主義 | dì guó zhǔ yì | di4 guo2 zhu3 yi4 | imperialism | | |
| 2 | 上帝 | 上帝 | shàng dì | Shang4 di4 | God | | |
| 3 | 皇帝 | 皇帝 | huáng dì | huang2 di4 | the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC; emperor; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 帝国 | 帝國 | dì guó | di4 guo2 | empire; imperial | | |
| 5 | 帝 | 帝 | dì | di4 | emperor | | |
| 6 | 反帝 | 反帝 | fǎn dì | fan3 di4 | anti-imperialist; anti-imperialists | | |
| 7 | 罗马帝国 | 羅馬帝國 | luó mǎ dì guó | Luo2 ma3 Di4 guo2 | Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) | | |
| 8 | 帝王 | 帝王 | dì wáng | di4 wang2 | regent; monarch | | |
| 9 | 帝乙 | 帝乙 | dì yǐ | Di4 Yi3 | Di Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC | | |
| 10 | 皇帝女儿不愁嫁 | 皇帝女兒不愁嫁 | huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jià | huang2 di4 nu:3 er2 bu4 chou2 jia4 | lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom); fig. highly sought after | | |
| 11 | 鄂图曼帝国 | 鄂圖曼帝國 | è tú màn dì guó | E4 tu2 man4 Di4 guo2 | Ottoman Empire (Tw) | | |
| 12 | 天高皇帝远 | 天高皇帝遠 | tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn | tian1 gao1 huang2 di4 yuan3 | lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom); fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government | | |
| 13 | 帝都 | 帝都 | dì dū | di4 du1 | imperial capital | | |
| 14 | 帝俄 | 帝俄 | dì é | Di4 E2 | Tsarist Russia | | |
| 15 | 道光帝 | 道光帝 | dào guāng dì | Dao4 guang1 di4 | Daoguang Emperor | | |
| 16 | 大清帝国 | 大清帝國 | dà qīng dì guó | Da4 Qing1 Di4 guo2 | the (great) Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911); Qing Empire | | |
| 17 | 大帝 | 大帝 | dà dì | da4 di4 | heavenly emperor; "the Great" (title) | | |
| 18 | 帝后 | 帝后 | dì hòu | di4 hou4 | empress; imperial consort | | |
| 19 | 帝京 | 帝京 | dì jīng | di4 jing1 | imperial capital | | |
| 20 | 帝俊 | 帝俊 | dì jùn | Di4 jun4 | Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝喾 | | |
| 21 | 自称为帝 | 自稱為帝 | zì chēng wéi dì | zi4 cheng1 wei2 di4 | to proclaim oneself emperor (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 吃饭皇帝大 | 吃飯皇帝大 | chī fàn huáng dì dà | chi1 fan4 huang2 di4 da4 | eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw) | | |
| 23 | 第三帝国 | 第三帝國 | dì sān dì guó | Di4 san1 Di4 guo2 | Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945) | | |
| 24 | 白帝城 | 白帝城 | bái dì chéng | Bai2 di4 cheng2 | Baidi town in Chongqing 重庆 , north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction | | |
| 25 | 帝王将相 | 帝王將相 | dì wáng jiàng xiàng | di4 wang2 jiang4 xiang4 | emperor, generals, and ministers (idiom) | | |