| 仁丹 | Rén dān | Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905 |
| 仙丹 | xiān dān | elixir; magic potion |
| 内丹 | nèi dān | Taoist internal alchemy |
| 加里曼丹 | Jiā lǐ màn dān | Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo) |
| 加里曼丹岛 | Jiā lǐ màn dān dǎo | Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island) |
| 南丹 | Nán dān | Nandan county in Hezhou 贺州, Guangxi |
| 南丹县 | Nán dān xiàn | Nandan county in Hezhou 贺州, Guangxi |
| 史丹福大学 | Shǐ dān fú dà xué | Stanford University |
| 史丹顿岛 | Shǐ dān dùn dǎo | Staten Island, borough of New York City |
| 各拉丹冬山 | Gè lā dān dōng shān | Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脉 |
| 各拉丹冬峰 | Gè lā dān dōng fēng | Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脉 |
| 吉兰丹 | Jí lán dān | Kelantan (state of Malaysia) |
| 吉兰丹州 | Jí lán dān zhōu | Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴鲁 |
| 吉兰丹河 | Jí lán dān hé | Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border |
| 乔丹 | Qiáo dān | Jordan (name) |
| 士丹利 | Shì dān lì | Stanley (name) |
| 外丹 | wài dān | Taoist external alchemy |
| 天竺牡丹 | tiān zhú mǔ dan | dahlia |
| 太子丹 | Tài zǐ Dān | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 山丹 | Shān dān | Shandan county in Zhangye 张掖, Gansu |
| 山丹县 | Shān dān xiàn | Shandan county in Zhangye 张掖, Gansu |
| 布隆方丹 | Bù lóng fāng dān | Bloemfontein |
| 张丹 | Zhāng Dān | Zhang Dan |
| 志丹 | Zhì dān | Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 志丹县 | Zhì dān xiàn | Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 摩根士丹利 | Mó gēn Shì dān lì | Morgan Stanley (financial services company) |
| 炼丹八卦炉 | liàn dān bā guà lú | eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
| 炼丹术 | liàn dān shù | maker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills |
| 燕太子丹 | Yān Tài zǐ Dān | Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 牡丹亭 | mǔ dan tíng | Peony pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 汤显祖 |
| 牡丹区 | Mǔ dan qū | Mudan district of Heze city 菏泽市, Shandong |
| 牡丹卡 | mǔ dan kǎ | Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) |
| 牡丹坊 | mǔ dan fāng | Peony Lane |
| 牡丹江地区 | Mǔ dan jiāng dì qū | Mudanjiang prefecture in Heilongjiang |
| 牡丹江市 | Mǔ dan jiāng shì | Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 in northeast China |
| 牡丹乡 | Mǔ dan xiāng | Mutan township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
牡丹虽好，
全仗绿叶扶 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
quán zhàng lǜ yè fú | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
牡丹虽好，
全仗绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
牡丹虽好，
全凭绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
quán píng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
牡丹虽好，
终须绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| 王丹 | Wáng Dān | Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
| 甘丹寺 | Gān dān sì | Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 达孜县, Lhasa, Tibet |
| 红毛丹 | hóng máo dān | rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum) |
| 万丹 | Wàn dān | Wantan township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 万丹乡 | Wàn dān xiāng | Wantan township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 万灵丹 | wàn líng dān | panacea; cure-all |
| 赞丹 | Zàn dān | Zaandam (town in Netherlands) |
| 迈克尔・乔丹 | Mài kè ěr · Qiáo dān | Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player |
| 银丹 | yín dān | lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent) |
| 阿丹 | Ā dān | Adam (name); Aden, capital of Yemen |
