| 1 | 缘故 | 緣故 | yuán gù | yuan2 gu4 | reason; cause | | |
| 2 | 边缘 | 邊緣 | biān yuán | bian1 yuan2 | edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline | | |
| 3 | 缘 | 緣 | yuán | yuan2 | cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along | | |
| 4 | 血缘 | 血緣 | xuè yuán | xue4 yuan2 | bloodline | | |
| 5 | 绝缘 | 絕緣 | jué yuán | jue2 yuan2 | to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate | | |
| 6 | 亲缘 | 親緣 | qīn yuán | qin1 yuan2 | blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity | | |
| 7 | 后缘 | 後緣 | hòu yuán | hou4 yuan2 | trailing edge (of airplane wing) | | |
| 8 | 路缘 | 路緣 | lù yuán | lu4 yuan2 | curb | | |
| 9 | 露水姻缘 | 露水姻緣 | lù shuǐ yīn yuán | lu4 shui3 yin1 yuan2 | casual romance; short-lived relationship | | |
| 10 | 了悟前缘 | 了悟前緣 | liǎo wù qián yuán | liao3 wu4 qian2 yuan2 | to accept fate as caused by a previous incarnation (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 绝缘体 | 絕緣體 | jué yuán tǐ | jue2 yuan2 ti3 | electrical insulation; heat insulation | | |
| 12 | 镜花缘 | 鏡花緣 | jìng huā yuán | Jing4 hua1 Yuan2 | Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍 | | |
| 13 | 金玉良缘 | 金玉良緣 | jīn yù liáng yuán | jin1 yu4 liang2 yuan2 | perfect marriage (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 机缘 | 機緣 | jī yuán | ji1 yuan2 | chance; opportunity; destiny | | |
| 15 | 化缘 | 化緣 | huà yuán | hua4 yuan2 | (of a monk) to beg | | |
| 16 | 广结善缘 | 廣結善緣 | guǎng jié shàn yuán | guang3 jie2 shan4 yuan2 | to make friends all around (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 广结人缘 | 廣結人緣 | guǎng jié rén yuán | guang3 jie2 ren2 yuan2 | to make friends all around (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 广结良缘 | 廣結良緣 | guǎng jié liáng yuán | guang3 jie2 liang2 yuan2 | to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 地缘政治 | 地緣政治 | dì yuán zhèng zhì | di4 yuan2 zheng4 zhi4 | geopolitics; geopolitical | | |
| 20 | 地缘战略 | 地緣戰略 | dì yuán zhàn lüè | di4 yuan2 zhan4 lu:e4 | geostrategic | | |
| 21 | 远缘 | 遠緣 | yuǎn yuán | yuan3 yuan2 | distantly related; remote affinity | | |
| 22 | 边缘性人格障碍 | 邊緣性人格障礙 | biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng ài | bian1 yuan2 xing4 ren2 ge2 zhang4 ai4 | borderline personality disorder (BPD) | | |
| 23 | 边缘系统 | 邊緣系統 | biān yuán xì tǒng | bian1 yuan2 xi4 tong3 | limbic system | | |
| 24 | 边缘人 | 邊緣人 | biān yuán rén | bian1 yuan2 ren2 | marginalized people (not part of mainstream society); marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) | | |
| 25 | 边缘化 | 邊緣化 | biān yuán huà | bian1 yuan2 hua4 | to marginalize; marginalization | | |