| 儒 | rú | scholar; Confucian |
| 儒家 | Rú Jiā | Confucian School of Thought, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC) |
| 儒学 | rú xué | Confucianism |
| 儒林外史 | Rú lín Wài shǐ | The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓, an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system |
| 儒生 | rú shēng | Confucian scholar (old) |
| 儒者 | rú zhě | Confucian |
| 侏儒 | zhū rú | dwarf; pygmy; small person; midget |
| 侏儒仓鼠 | zhū rú cāng shǔ | dwarf hamster |
| 侏儒症 | zhū rú zhèng | pituitary dwarfism |
| 儒勒・凡尔纳 | Rú lè · Fán ěr nà | Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球 |
| 儒士 | Rú shì | a Confucian scholar |
| 儒家思想 | Rú jiā sī xiǎng | Confucian thoughts; the thinking of the Confucian school |
| 儒教 | Rú jiào | Confucianism |
| 儒雅 | rú yǎ | scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous |
| 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 | Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ | Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) |
| 宏儒 | hóng rú | learned scholar |
| 宿儒 | sù rú | experienced scholar; old expert in the field |
| 新儒家 | xīn rú jiā | New Confucianism; a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy; see 当代新儒家 |
| 李英儒 | Lǐ Yīng rú | Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists |
| 泰西大儒 | Tài xī dà rú | Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci) |
| 焚书坑儒 | fén shū kēng rú | to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) |
| 犬儒 | quǎn rú | cynic |
| 犬儒主义 | quǎn rú zhǔ yì | cynicism |
| 独尊儒术 | dú zūn rú shù | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of former Han dynasty) |
| 现代新儒家 | xiàn dài xīn rú jiā | Modern New Confucianism; see also 新儒家 |
| 当代新儒家 | dāng dài xīn rú jiā | Contemporary New Confucianism; see 新儒家 |
罢黜百家，
独尊儒术 | bà chù bǎi jiā ,
dú zūn rú shù | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology |
| 迂儒 | yū rú | unrealistic; pedantic and impractical |
