| 1 | 盐 | 鹽 | yán | yan2 | salt; Classifiers: 粒 | | |
| 2 | 盐酸 | 鹽酸 | yán suān | yan2 suan1 | hydrochloric acid HCl | | |
| 3 | 无机盐 | 無機鹽 | wú jī yán | wu2 ji1 yan2 | inorganic salt | | |
| 4 | 盐水 | 鹽水 | yán shuǐ | Yan2 shui3 | salt water; brine; Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南县 , Taiwan | | |
| 5 | 海盐县 | 海鹽縣 | hǎi yán xiàn | Hai3 yan2 xian4 | Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉兴 , Zhejiang | | |
| 6 | 氰酸盐 | 氰酸鹽 | qíng suān yán | qing2 suan1 yan2 | cyanate | | |
| 7 | 镁盐 | 鎂鹽 | měi yán | mei3 yan2 | magnesium salt | | |
| 8 | 硫酸盐 | 硫酸鹽 | liú suān yán | liu2 suan1 yan2 | sulfate | | |
| 9 | 凌杂米盐 | 凌雜米鹽 | líng zá mǐ yán | ling2 za2 mi3 yan2 | disordered and fragmentary | | |
| 10 | 磷酸盐岩 | 磷酸鹽岩 | lín suān yán yán | lin2 suan1 yan2 yan2 | phosphorite; phosphate rock | | |
| 11 | 磷酸盐 | 磷酸鹽 | lín suān yán | lin2 suan1 yan2 | phosphate | | |
| 12 | 矿盐 | 礦鹽 | kuàng yán | kuang4 yan2 | halite | | |
| 13 | 钾盐 | 鉀鹽 | jiǎ yán | jia3 yan2 | potassium chloride KCl | | |
| 14 | 黄原酸盐 | 黃原酸鹽 | huáng yuán suān yán | huang2 yuan2 suan1 yan2 | xanthate | | |
| 15 | 煮海为盐 | 煮海為鹽 | zhǔ hǎi wéi yán | zhu3 hai3 wei2 yan2 | to boil seawater for salt (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 海盐 | 海鹽 | hǎi yán | Hai3 yan2 | sea salt; Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉兴 , Zhejiang | | |
| 17 | 硅酸盐水泥 | 硅酸鹽水泥 | guī suān yán shuǐ ní | gui1 suan1 yan2 shui3 ni2 | Portland cement | | |
| 18 | 硅酸盐 | 硅酸鹽 | guī suān yán | gui1 suan1 yan2 | silicate | | |
| 19 | 粗盐 | 粗鹽 | cū yán | cu1 yan2 | coarse salt; rock salt | | |
| 20 | 重碳酸盐 | 重碳酸鹽 | chóng tàn suān yán | chong2 tan4 suan1 yan2 | bicarbonate | | |
| 21 | 池盐 | 池鹽 | chí yán | chi2 yan2 | salt from a salt lake | | |
| 22 | 柴米油盐酱醋茶 | 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 | chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá | chai2 mi3 you2 yan2 jiang4 cu4 cha2 | lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea; fig. life's daily necessities | | |
| 23 | 柴米油盐 | 柴米油鹽 | chái mǐ yóu yán | chai2 mi3 you2 yan2 | lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt; fig. life's daily necessities | | |
| 24 | 察尔汗盐湖 | 察爾汗鹽湖 | chá ěr hán yán hú | Cha2 er3 han2 Yan2 hu2 | Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai | | |
| 25 | 餐桌盐 | 餐桌鹽 | cān zhuō yán | can1 zhuo1 yan2 | table salt | | |