| 魂 | hún | soul; spirit |
| 灵魂 | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 鬼魂 | guǐ hún | ghost |
| 冤魂 | yuān hún | ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances |
| 三魂 | sān hún | three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect; contrasted with 三魂 七魄 seven mortal forms |
| 三魂七魄 | sān hún qī pò | three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man |
| 丢魂 | diū hún | to be distracted |
| 借尸还魂 | jiè shī huán hún | lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise |
| 出卖灵魂 | chū mài líng hún | to sell one's soul |
| 丧魂失魄 | sàng hún shī pò | lit. lost soul, vanished spirit (idiom); distraught (at a loss); heart-broken |
| 丧魂落魄 | sàng hún luò pò | scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic |
| 失魂 | shī hún | to panic |
| 失魂落魄 | shī hún luò pò | lit. lost soul, dropped spirit (idiom); driven to distraction; scared out of one's wits |
| 孤魂 | gū hún | lonely soul |
| 安魂弥撒 | ān hún mí sa | Requiem Mass (Catholic) |
| 断魂椒 | duàn hún jiāo | king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia) |
| 消魂 | xiāo hún | overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc); to feel transported |
| 神魂 | shén hún | mind; state of mind (often abnormal) |
| 神魂颠倒 | shén hún diān dǎo | lit. spirit and soul upside-down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated |
| 精魂 | jīng hún | spirit; soul |
| 迷魂 | mí hún | to bewitch; to enchant; to cast a spell over sb |
| 迷魂汤 | mí hún tāng | lit. waters of oblivion; mythological magic potion to bewitch sb |
| 迷魂阵 | mí hún zhèn | stratagem to trap sb; to bewitch and trap |
| 迷魂香 | mí hún xiāng | a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims |
| 还魂 | huán hún | to return from the grave; to recycle (waste products) |
| 还魂橡胶 | huán hún xiàng jiāo | recycled rubber |
| 还魂纸 | huán hún zhǐ | recycled paper |
| 销魂 | xiāo hún | ecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow |
| 灵魂深处 | líng hún shēn chù | in the depth of one's soul |
| 惊魂 | jīng hún | in a panicked state; frightened |
| 魂不附体 | hún bù fù tǐ | lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits; beside oneself |
| 魂牵梦萦 | hún qiān mèng yíng | to miss; to yearn day and night |
| 魂牵梦绕 | hún qiān mèng rào | to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting |
| 魂灵 | hún líng | soul; mind; idea |
| 魂飞魄散 | hún fēi pò sàn | the soul flies away and scatter (idiom); be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken |
| 魂魄 | hún pò | soul |
| 黑籍冤魂 | hēi jí yuān hún | Black register of lost souls, long novel by Peng Yangou 彭养鸥 about the destructive influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909 |
| 黯然销魂 | àn rán xiāo hún | overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting |