| 官吏 | guān lì | a functionary; an office holder |
| 吏 | lì | minor government official or functionary (old) |
| 污吏 | wū lì | a corrupt official |
| 吏治 | lì zhì | style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office |
| 吏部 | Lì Bù | Ministry of Appointments in Imperial China |
| 狱吏 | yù lì | prison guard; jailer (old) |
| 假吏 | jiǎ lì | acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times) |
| 吏胥 | lì xū | minor official |
| 奸官污吏 | jiān guān wū lì | traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption |
| 蠹吏 | dù lì | corrupt officials |
| 贪官污吏 | tān guān wū lì | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption |
| 赃官污吏 | zāng guān wū lì | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption |