| 1 | 苏联 | 蘇聯 | sū lián | Su1 lian2 | Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟 | | |
| 2 | 苏 | 甦 | sū | su1 | Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration; variant of 苏 ; to revive; see 啰苏 ; old variant of 苏 ; surname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 苏维埃 or 苏联 ; abbr. for Jiangsu province 江苏 ; abbr. for Suzhou city 苏州 | | |
| 3 | 苏维埃 | 蘇維埃 | sū wéi āi | Su1 wei2 ai1 | Soviet (council) | | |
| 4 | 苏州 | 蘇州 | sū zhōu | Su1 zhou1 | Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu | | |
| 5 | 苏醒 | 甦醒 | sū xǐng | su1 xing3 | to wake up; to regain consciousness; to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness | | |
| 6 | 苏生 | 蘇生 | sū shēng | su1 sheng1 | to revive; to come back to life | | |
| 7 | 苏绣 | 蘇繡 | sū xiù | Su1 xiu4 | Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘绣 , 粤绣 and 蜀绣 ) | | |
| 8 | 苏丹 | 蘇丹 | sū dān | Su1 dan1 | Sudan; sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor) | | |
| 9 | 苏格兰 | 蘇格蘭 | sū gé lán | Su1 ge2 lan2 | Scotland | | |
| 10 | 苏格拉底 | 蘇格拉底 | sū gé lā dǐ | Su1 ge2 la1 di3 | Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher; José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011) | | |
| 11 | 苏富比 | 蘇富比 | sū fù bǐ | Su1 fu4 bi3 | Sotheby's auction house | | |
| 12 | 苏菲 | 蘇菲 | sū fēi | Su1 fei1 | Sufi (Islamic mystic); Sufism; ; Sophie (name); Sufi (Muslim mystic) | | |
| 13 | 苏枋木 | 蘇枋木 | sū fāng mù | su1 fang1 mu4 | sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine | | |
| 14 | 苏枋 | 蘇枋 | sū fāng | su1 fang1 | sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan) | | |
| 15 | 苏尔 | 蘇爾 | sū ěr | Su1 er3 | Sol (goddess) | | |
| 16 | 苏迪曼杯 | 蘇迪曼杯 | sū dí màn bēi | Su1 di2 man4 bei1 | Sudirman cup (world badminton team competition) | | |
| 17 | 苏打水 | 蘇打水 | sū dá shuǐ | su1 da2 shui3 | soda drink (loanword) | | |
| 18 | 苏打粉 | 蘇打粉 | sū dá fěn | su1 da2 fen3 | baking soda | | |
| 19 | 苏打饼干 | 蘇打餅乾 | sū dá bǐng gān | su1 da2 bing3 gan1 | soda biscuit; cracker | | |
| 20 | 苏菜 | 蘇菜 | sū cài | Su1 cai4 | Jiangsu cuisine | | |
| 21 | 苏步青 | 蘇步青 | sū bù qīng | Su1 Bu4 qing1 | Su Buqing (1902-2003), Chinese mathematician | | |
| 22 | 苏报案 | 蘇報案 | sū bào àn | Su1 bao4 an4 | Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 苏报 , leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 邹容 | | |
| 23 | 苏澳镇 | 蘇澳鎮 | sū ào zhèn | Su1 ao4 zhen4 | Su'ao town in Yilan county 宜兰县 , Taiwan | | |
| 24 | 苏州市 | 蘇州市 | sū zhōu shì | Su1 zhou1 shi4 | Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu | | |
| 25 | 苏胺酸 | 蘇胺酸 | sū àn suān | su1 an4 suan1 | threonine | | |