| 1 | 砖 | 塼 | zhuān | zhuan1 | brick; Classifiers: 块 ; variant of 砖 ; variant of 砖 | | |
| 2 | 砖头 | 磚頭 | zhuān tou | zhuan1 tou5 | brick | | |
| 3 | 镁砖 | 鎂磚 | měi zhuān | mei3 zhuan1 | magnesium brick (refractory material) | | |
| 4 | 引玉之砖 | 引玉之磚 | yǐn yù zhī zhuān | yin3 yu4 zhi1 zhuan1 | lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom); fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas | | |
| 5 | 添砖加瓦 | 添磚加瓦 | tiān zhuān jiā wǎ | tian1 zhuan1 jia1 wa3 | lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); fig. to do one's bit to help | | |
| 6 | 砖窑场 | 磚窯場 | zhuān yáo chǎng | zhuan1 yao2 chang3 | brick kiln | | |
| 7 | 敲门砖 | 敲門磚 | qiāo mén zhuān | qiao1 men2 zhuan1 | lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune | | |
| 8 | 砌砖工 | 砌磚工 | qì zhuān gōng | qi4 zhuan1 gong1 | bricklaying | | |
| 9 | 砌砖 | 砌磚 | qì zhuān | qi4 zhuan1 | to lay bricks; bricklaying | | |
| 10 | 抛砖引玉 | 拋磚引玉 | pāo zhuān yǐn yù | pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4 | lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling | | |
| 11 | 抛砖 | 拋磚 | pāo zhuān | pao1 zhuan1 | to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 抛砖引玉 ) | | |
| 12 | 拍砖 | 拍磚 | pāi zhuān | pai1 zhuan1 | (slang) to throw brickbats; to criticize harshly | | |
| 13 | 耐火砖 | 耐火磚 | nài huǒ zhuān | nai4 huo3 zhuan1 | refractory brick; firebrick | | |
| 14 | 搬砖 | 搬磚 | bān zhuān | ban1 zhuan1 | to do hard physical labor (as a job); (fig.) to play mahjong | | |
| 15 | 金砖四国 | 金磚四國 | jīn zhuān sì guó | Jin1 zhuan1 Si4 Guo2 | Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) | | |
| 16 | 金砖 | 金磚 | jīn zhuān | Jin1 Zhuan1 | BRIC; BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) | | |
| 17 | 黑砖窑 | 黑磚窯 | hēi zhuān yáo | hei1 zhuan1 yao2 | lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor | | |
| 18 | 地砖 | 地磚 | dì zhuān | di4 zhuan1 | floor tile | | |
| 19 | 地板砖 | 地板磚 | dì bǎn zhuān | di4 ban3 zhuan1 | floor tile | | |
| 20 | 担土搬砖 | 擔土搬磚 | dān tǔ bān zhuān | dan1 tu3 ban1 zhuan1 | to carry mud and bricks (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 瓷砖 | 瓷磚 | cí zhuān | ci2 zhuan1 | ceramic tile | | |
| 22 | 残砖破瓦 | 殘磚破瓦 | cán zhuān pò wǎ | can2 zhuan1 po4 wa3 | broken bricks and smashed tiles (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 冰砖 | 冰磚 | bīng zhuān | bing1 zhuan1 | ice-cream brick | | |
| 24 | 标砖 | 標磚 | biāo zhuān | biao1 zhuan1 | marker brick (in building); keystone | | |
| 25 | 板砖 | 板磚 | bǎn zhuān | ban3 zhuan1 | (dialect) wall brick | | |