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| | autumn / fall | HSK 4 |
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| | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month | HSK 5 |
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| | Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October | |
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| | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month | |
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| | autumn / autumn weather | |
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| | swing (seat hung from a frame or branch) | |
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| | harvest season | |
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| | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) | |
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| | spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) | |
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| | Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII | |
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| | the four seasons / spring, summer, autumn and winter | |
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| | surname Qiu | |
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| | autumn / fall / harvest time | |
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| | a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) | |
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| | to swing (on a swing) | |
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| | begonia | |
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| | Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores | |
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| | autumn outing / autumn excursion | |
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| | early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar | |
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| | old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom) | |
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| | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods | |
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| | lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦 | |
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| | early autumn | |
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| | Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong | |
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| | History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔, 10 extant scrolls | |
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| | lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom) / to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge | |
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| | grand dreams / unrealistic ideas (idiom) | |
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| | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind | |
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| | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践 | |
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| | to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom) | |
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| | the prime of one's life | |
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| | (idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offense against civilians | |
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| | autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) / meadow saffron | |
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| | Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) | |
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| | clear and refreshing autumn weather | |
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| | Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 | |
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| | autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) | |
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| | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep | |
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| | Akita prefecture of north Japan | |
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| | Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films | |
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| | Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States | |
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| | limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) | |
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| | Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII / also written 喀秋莎 | |
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| | autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) | |
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| | each has its own merits (idiom) | |
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| | autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance | |
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| | results of the autumn imperial examinations | |
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| | Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August | |
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| | autumn trial (judicial hearing of capital cases during Ming and Qing) | |
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| | okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) | |
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| | (idiom) troubled times; eventful period | |
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| | late autumn | |
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| | autumn rain | |
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| | lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned | |
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| | jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person | |
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| | autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age | |
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| | second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar | |
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| | throughout the ages | |
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| | fall harvest / to reap | |
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| | to both share the limelight / to both have an equal share of | |
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| | lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail | |
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| | lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture | |
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| | the autumn equinox | |
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| | after innumerable ages | |
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| | a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) | |
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| | fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall / (fig.) sth barely discernible / the slightest thing / the minutest detail | |
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| | colors of autumn / autumn scenery | |
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| | Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | for all eternity (idiom) | |
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| | a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom) | |
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| | the cool of autumn | |
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| | autumn scenery / harvest season | |
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| | to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom) | |
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| | sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) | |
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| | hot spell during autumn / Indian summer | |
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| | Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 | |
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| | autumn levy (tax on harvest) | |
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| | autumn plowing | |
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| | dark and swarthy | |
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| | okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers | |
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| | autumn flood | |
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| | autumn leaf | |
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| | fall; autumn | |
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| | autumn vegetables | |
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| | Akita prefecture, northeast Japan | |
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| | autumn grain crops | |
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| | Cho Chang (Harry Potter) | |
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| | the cool autumn breeze (idiom) | |
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| | sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom) | |
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| | Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March | |
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| | long underwear | |
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| | History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣, 114 scrolls | |
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| | lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom) / fig. to settle scores at an opportune time | |
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| | ripening in autumn (of crops) | |
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| | to gain weight in the fall (to prepare for winter) | |
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