
| yuān | mandarin duck |
| 鸳 | mandarin duck |
| 鸳绮 | magnificent fabrics |
| 鸳鸯 | mandarin ducks affectionate couple |
| 鸳鸯名片 | mandarin duck-name-card |
| 鸳鸯座 | love seat |
| 鸳鸯座儿 | A seat for two persons, either a couple or lovers, in a theater |
| 鸳鸯房 | mandarin duck room or apartment |
| 鸳鸯楼 | apartment for the newly-weds |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶 | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 |
| 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists |
| 鸳鸯锅 | Mandarin Ducks pot hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other |