| 1 | 官吏 | 官吏 | guān lì | guan1 li4 | bureaucrat; official | | |
| 2 | 吏 | 吏 | lì | li4 | minor government official or functionary (old) | | |
| 3 | 吏胥 | 吏胥 | lì xū | li4 xu1 | minor official | | |
| 4 | 赃官污吏 | 贓官污吏 | zāng guān wū lì | zang1 guan1 wu1 li4 | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption | | |
| 5 | 狱吏 | 獄吏 | yù lì | yu4 li4 | prison guard; jailer (old) | | |
| 6 | 胥吏 | 胥吏 | xū lì | xu1 li4 | low-level government official (in former times) | | |
| 7 | 污吏 | 污吏 | wū lì | wu1 li4 | a corrupt official | | |
| 8 | 贪官污吏 | 貪官污吏 | tān guān wū lì | tan1 guan1 wu1 li4 | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption | | |
| 9 | 属吏 | 屬吏 | shǔ lì | shu3 li4 | (old) subordinate; underling | | |
| 10 | 门生故吏 | 門生故吏 | mén shēng gù lì | men2 sheng1 gu4 li4 | disciples and old followers or minor officials; one's intimate party-followers and students (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 吏治 | 吏治 | lì zhì | li4 zhi4 | style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office | | |
| 12 | 从吏 | 從吏 | cóng lì | cong2 li4 | minor official; to be an official | | |
| 13 | 吏部 | 吏部 | lì bù | Li4 bu4 | Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China) | | |
| 14 | 老吏断狱 | 老吏斷獄 | lǎo lì duàn yù | lao3 li4 duan4 yu4 | to decide a legal case promptly and correctly (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 奸官污吏 | 奸官污吏 | jiān guān wū lì | jian1 guan1 wu1 li4 | traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption | | |
| 16 | 假吏 | 假吏 | jiǎ lì | jia3 li4 | acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times) | | |
| 17 | 故吏 | 故吏 | gù lì | gu4 li4 | (literary) former subordinate | | |
| 18 | 蠹吏 | 蠹吏 | dù lì | du4 li4 | corrupt officials | | |