| 暂时 | zàn shí | temporary; provisional; for the time being |
| 暂 | zàn | temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4] |
| 暂行 | zàn xíng | provisional |
| 暂且 | zàn qiě | for now; for the time being; temporarily |
| 暂停 | zàn tíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player) |
| 暂缓 | zàn huǎn | to postpone |
| 暂定 | zàn dìng | temporary arrangement; provisional; tentative |
| 暂息 | zàn xī | a lull (in the storm); brief break (in rain) |
| 暂态 | zàn tài | transient |
| 暂搁 | zàn gē | temporarily stopped; in abeyance |
| 暂牙 | zàn yá | deciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth; also written 乳齿 |
| 暂短 | zàn duǎn | brief (in time) |
| 暂缺 | zàn quē | currently in short supply; in deficit (of commodity); currently vacant (position) |