| 1 | 雷锋 | 雷鋒 | léi fēng | Lei2 Feng1 | Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards | | |
| 2 | 雷达 | 雷達 | léi dá | lei2 da2 | radar (loanword) | | |
| 3 | 雷 | 雷 | léi | Lei2 | thunder; mine (weapon); (Internet slang) terrifying; terrific; surname Lei | | |
| 4 | 雷雨 | 雷雨 | léi yǔ | lei2 yu3 | thunderstorm | | |
| 5 | 雷暴 | 雷暴 | léi bào | lei2 bao4 | thunderstorm | | |
| 6 | 雷鸣 | 雷鳴 | léi míng | lei2 ming2 | thunder rolls | | |
| 7 | 雷声 | 雷聲 | léi shēng | lei2 sheng1 | thunder | | |
| 8 | 地雷 | 地雷 | dì léi | di4 lei2 | landmine; Classifiers: 颗 ; (fig.) sore point; weak spot | | |
| 9 | 干打雷,不下雨 | 乾打雷,不下雨 | gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ | gan1 da3 lei2 , bu4 xia4 yu3 | all thunder but no rain (idiom); a lot of noise but no action | | |
| 10 | 雷射笔 | 雷射筆 | léi shè bǐ | lei2 she4 bi3 | laser pointer (Tw) | | |
| 11 | 札格雷布 | 札格雷布 | zhá gé léi bù | Zha2 ge2 lei2 bu4 | Zagreb, capital of Croatia (Tw) | | |
| 12 | 拖雷 | 拖雷 | tuō léi | Tuo1 lei2 | Tolui (1193-1232), fourth son of Genghis Khan | | |
| 13 | 德雷福斯 | 德雷福斯 | dé léi fú sī | De2 lei2 fu2 si1 | Dreyfus (name); Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice | | |
| 14 | 德雷福斯案件 | 德雷福斯案件 | dé léi fú sī àn jiàn | De2 lei2 fu2 si1 an4 jian4 | Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice | | |
| 15 | 打闷雷 | 打悶雷 | dǎ mèn léi | da3 men4 lei2 | (coll.) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures | | |
| 16 | 打雷 | 打雷 | dǎ léi | da3 lei2 | to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder | | |
| 17 | 德雷克 | 德雷克 | dé léi kè | de2 lei2 ke4 | Drake | | |
| 18 | 布雷斯特 | 布雷斯特 | bù léi sī tè | Bu4 lei2 si1 te4 | Brest, westernmost town in France | | |
| 19 | 布雷舰 | 佈雷艦 | bù léi jiàn | bu4 lei2 jian4 | minelayer (ship) | | |
| 20 | 布雷顿森林 | 佈雷頓森林 | bù léi dùn sēn lín | Bu4 lei2 dun4 sen1 lin2 | Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank | | |
| 21 | 布雷 | 佈雷 | bù léi | bu4 lei2 | to lay mines | | |
| 22 | 掌声如雷 | 掌聲如雷 | zhǎng shēng rú léi | zhang3 sheng1 ru2 lei2 | thunderous applause (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 避雷器 | 避雷器 | bì léi qì | bi4 lei2 qi4 | lightning arrester | | |
| 24 | 暴跳如雷 | 暴跳如雷 | bào tiào rú léi | bao4 tiao4 ru2 lei2 | stamp with fury; fly into a rage | | |
| 25 | 爆雷 | 爆雷 | bào léi | bao4 lei2 | thunderclap; (of a P2P lending platform) to collapse; (of a P2P lending platform) to collapse; (Tw) (slang) to reveal plot details; spoiler | | |