| 1 | 海峡 | 海峽 | hǎi xiá | hai3 xia2 | channel; strait | | |
| 2 | 峡谷 | 峽谷 | xiá gǔ | xia2 gu3 | canyon; gill; ravine | | |
| 3 | 三峡 | 三峽 | sān xiá | San1 xia2 | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峡 , Wuxia Gorge 巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峡 ; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市 , Taiwan | | |
| 4 | 海峡交流基金会 | 海峽交流基金會 | hǎi xiá jiāo liú jī jīn huì | Hai3 xia2 Jiao1 liu2 Ji1 jin1 hui4 | Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF); abbr. to 海基会 | | |
| 5 | 科罗拉多大峡谷 | 科羅拉多大峽谷 | kē luó lā duō dà xiá gǔ | Ke1 luo2 la1 duo1 da4 xia2 gu3 | the Grand Canyon (Colorado) | | |
| 6 | 涧峡 | 澗峽 | jiàn xiá | jian4 xia2 | a gorge | | |
| 7 | 加来海峡 | 加來海峽 | jiā lái hǎi xiá | Jia1 lai2 Hai3 xia2 | Strait of Calais in the English channel; Strait of Dover; Pas-de-Calais, département of France | | |
| 8 | 花石峡镇 | 花石峽鎮 | huā shí xiá zhèn | Hua1 shi2 xia2 zhen4 | Huashixia town in Madoi county 玛多县 in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai | | |
| 9 | 花石峡 | 花石峽 | huā shí xiá | Hua1 shi2 xia2 | Huashixia town in Madoi county 玛多县 in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai | | |
| 10 | 虎跳峡 | 虎跳峽 | hǔ tiào xiá | Hu3 tiao4 Xia2 | Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江 , Yunnan | | |
| 11 | 海峡时报 | 海峽時報 | hǎi xiá shí bào | Hai3 xia2 Shi2 bao4 | The Straits Times | | |
| 12 | 直布罗陀海峡 | 直布羅陀海峽 | zhí bù luó tuó hǎi xiá | Zhi2 bu4 luo2 tuo2 Hai3 xia2 | Strait of Gibraltar | | |
| 13 | 海峡两岸关系协会 | 海峽兩岸關係協會 | hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì | Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4 | PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) | | |
| 14 | 海峡两岸 | 海峽兩岸 | hǎi xiá liǎng àn | hai3 xia2 liang3 an4 | Both sides of the strait | | |
| 15 | 奥特朗托海峡 | 奧特朗托海峽 | ào tè lǎng tuō hǎi xiá | Ao4 te4 lang3 tuo1 Hai3 xia2 | Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania | | |
| 16 | 厄勒海峡 | 厄勒海峽 | è lè hǎi xiá | E4 le4 Hai3 xia2 | Øresund; The Sound (strait between Denmark and Sweden) | | |
| 17 | 对马海峡 | 對馬海峽 | duì mǎ hǎi xiá | Dui4 ma3 Hai3 xia2 | Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea | | |
| 18 | 大峡谷 | 大峽谷 | dà xiá gǔ | Da4 xia2 gu3 | great valley; Grand Canyon of Colorado River | | |
| 19 | 达达尼尔海峡 | 達達尼爾海峽 | dá dá ní ěr hǎi xiá | Da2 da2 ni2 er3 Hai3 xia2 | Dardanelles Strait; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı | | |
| 20 | 鞑靼海峡 | 韃靼海峽 | dá dá hǎi xiá | Da2 da2 Hai3 xia2 | Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland | | |
| 21 | 朝鲜海峡 | 朝鮮海峽 | cháo xiǎn hǎi xiá | Chao2 xian3 Hai3 xia2 | Korea Strait; Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea) | | |
| 22 | 长江三峡 | 長江三峽 | cháng jiāng sān xiá | Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2 | Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峡 , Wuxia Gorge 巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峡 | | |
| 23 | 布里斯托尔海峡 | 布里斯托爾海峽 | bù lǐ sī tuō ěr hǎi xiá | Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 Hai3 xia2 | Bristol Channel in southwest England | | |
| 24 | 波斯普鲁斯海峡 | 波斯普魯斯海峽 | bō sī pǔ lǔ sī hǎi xiá | Bo1 si1 pu3 lu3 si1 Hai3 xia2 | the Bosphorus (strait) | | |
| 25 | 白令海峡 | 白令海峽 | bái lìng hǎi xiá | Bai2 ling4 Hai3 xia2 | the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska) | | |