| 草寇 | cǎo kòu | bandits |   |
| 马贼 | mǎ zéi | horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits | |
| 杆子 | gǎn zi | pole / stick / club / gang of bandits | |
| 红胡子 | hóng hú zi | band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic) | |
| 匪帮 | fěi bāng | gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) | |
| 喽 |  lóu | subordinates in gang of bandits | |
| 堵剿匪徒 | dǔ jiǎo fěi tú | to hinder and exterminate bandits (idiom) | |
| 征剿 | zhēng jiǎo | to mount a punitive expedition against bandits | |
| 散匪 | sǎn fěi | scattered bandits / fig. random jottings / marginal notes | |
| 枪匪 | qiāng fěi | bandits with guns / an armed criminal / a gunman | |
| 买路钱 | mǎi lù qián | money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage / illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession | |
| 胜者王侯败者寇 | shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu | the winners become princes and marquises / the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors | |
