| 1 | 地区 | 地區 | dì qū | di4 qu1 | local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or county level city); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 区 | 區 | qū | qu1 | area; region; district; small; distinguish; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 区别 | 區別 | qū bié | qu1 bie2 | difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 区域 | 區域 | qū yù | qu1 yu4 | area; region; district | | |
| 5 | 山区 | 山區 | shān qū | shan1 qu1 | mountain area; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 6 | 区分 | 區分 | qū fēn | qu1 fen1 | to differentiate; to draw a distinction; to divide into categories | | |
| 7 | 自治区 | 自治區 | zì zhì qū | zi4 zhi4 qu1 | autonomous region, namely: Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治区 , Guangxi 广西壮族自治区 , Tibet 西藏自治区 , Ningxia 宁夏回族自治区 , Xinjiang 新疆维吾尔自治区 | | |
| 8 | 军区 | 軍區 | jūn qū | jun1 qu1 | geographical area of command; (PLA) military district | | |
| 9 | 解放区 | 解放區 | jiě fàng qū | Jie3 fang4 qu1 | Liberation city district; Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市 , Henan | | |
| 10 | 边区 | 邊區 | biān qū | bian1 qu1 | border area | | |
| 11 | 区长 | 區長 | qū zhǎng | qu1 zhang3 | district chief | | |
| 12 | 市区 | 市區 | shì qū | shi4 qu1 | field of view; urban district; downtown; city center | | |
| 13 | 郊区 | 郊區 | jiāo qū | jiao1 qu1 | suburban district; outskirts; suburbs; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 14 | 工业区 | 工業區 | gōng yè qū | gong1 ye4 qu1 | industrial zone | | |
| 15 | 特区 | 特區 | tè qū | te4 qu1 | special administrative region; abbr. for 特别行政区 | | |
| 16 | 林区 | 林區 | lín qū | lin2 qu1 | neighborhood; vicinity; region of forest | | |
| 17 | 产区 | 產區 | chǎn qū | chan3 qu1 | place of production; manufacturing location | | |
| 18 | 自然保护区 | 自然保護區 | zì rán bǎo hù qū | zi4 ran2 bao3 hu4 qu1 | nature reserve | | |
| 19 | 军分区 | 軍分區 | jūn fēn qū | jun1 fen1 qu1 | military subdistricts | | |
| 20 | 禁区 | 禁區 | jìn qū | jin4 qu1 | restricted area; forbidden region | | |
| 21 | 灾区 | 災區 | zāi qū | zai1 qu1 | disaster area; stricken region | | |
| 22 | 社区 | 社區 | shè qū | she4 qu1 | community; neighborhood | | |
| 23 | 牧区 | 牧區 | mù qū | mu4 qu1 | grazing land; pasture | | |
| 24 | 垦利区 | 墾利區 | kěn lì qū | Ken3 li4 Qu1 | Kenli District in Dongying 东营 , Shandong | | |
| 25 | 鲁尔区 | 魯爾區 | lǔ ěr qū | Lu3 er3 Qu1 | the Ruhr, region in Germany | | |