| 冬季 | dōng jì | winter |
| 冬 | dōng | sound of beating a drum; onomatopoeic for rat-a-tat etc; surname Dong; winter |
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter; CL:个 |
| 越冬 | yuè dōng | to pass the winter; to overwinter; to hibernate |
| 过冬 | guò dōng | to get through the winter |
| 严冬 | yán dōng | severe winter |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon; Chinese squash |
| 立冬 | Lì dōng | Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-21st November |
| 寒冬 | hán dōng | wintry |
| 冬眠 | dōng mián | hibernation |
| 丁冬 | dīng dōng | onomat. ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound |
| 佳冬 | Jiā dōng | Chiatung township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 佳冬乡 | Jiā dōng xiāng | Chiatung township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 冬不拉 | dōng bù lā | Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute |
| 冬令 | dōng lìng | winter; winter climate |
| 冬夏 | dōng xià | winter and summer |
| 冬奥会 | dōng ào huì | winter Olympics |
| 冬字头 | dōng zì tóu | name of "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters; see also 夂 |
| 冬宫 | Dōng gōng | Winter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum |
| 冬山 | Dōng shān | Tungshan or Dongshan township in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 冬山乡 | Dōng shān xiāng | Tungshan or Dongshan township in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 冬烘 | dōng hōng | shallow; uneducated |
| 冬至 | Dōng zhì | Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 22nd December-5th January |
| 冬至点 | Dōng zhì diǎn | the winter solstice |
| 冬菇 | dōng gū | grade of Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) |
| 冬虫夏草 | dōng chóng xià cǎo | caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis) |
| 冬运会 | dōng yùn huì | winter games |
| 冬青 | dōng qīng | holly |
| 冬青树 | dōng qīng shù | holly |
| 初冬 | chū dōng | early winter |
| 南飞过冬 | nán fēi guò dōng | (of birds) to migrate south for the winter |
| 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 |
| 天冬氨酸 | tiān dōng ān suān | aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid |
| 天冬苯丙二肽酯 | tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐ | aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener) |
| 天冬酰胺 | tiān dōng xiān àn | asparagine (Asn), an amino acid |
| 天门冬 | tiān mén dōng | asparagus |
| 天门冬科 | tiān mén dōng kē | Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus |
| 季冬 | jì dōng | final month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar) |
| 小冬 | Xiǎo dōng | Xiaodong (person name) |
| 收冬 | shōu dōng | harvest season; autumn |
| 春夏秋冬 | chūn xià qiū dōng | the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter |
春生，
夏长，
秋收，
冬藏 | chūn shēng ,
xià zhǎng ,
qiū shōu ,
dōng cáng | sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom) |
| 核冬天 | hé dōng tiān | nuclear winter |
| 款冬 | kuǎn dōng | coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), plant in sunflower family Asteracae used a cough suppressant |
| 残冬腊月 | cán dōng là yuè | final days of the lunar year |
| 波塞冬 | Bō sāi dōng | Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology |
| 乌冬面 | wū dōng miàn | udon noodles |
| 无冬无夏 | wú dōng wú xià | regardless of the season; all the year round |
| 隆冬 | lóng dōng | midwinter; the depth of winter |
