- 帝国主义 dìguózhǔyì imperialism
- 罗马帝国 Luómǎ Dìguó Roman EmpireRoman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
- 奥斯曼帝国 àosīmàn Dìguó Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire (1299–1922)
- 大清帝国 Dà Qīng Dìguó Qing EmpireGreat Qing Empire (1644-1911)
- 大英帝国 Dàyīng Dìguó British Empire
- 大韩帝国 Dàhán Dìguó Korean EmpireKorean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910
- 奥匈帝国 ào Xiōng Dìguó Austro-Hungarian EmpireAustro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918
- 帝国大厦 Dìguó Dàshà Empire State BuildingEmpire State Building (New York City)
- 帝国理工学院 Dìguó Lǐgōng Xuéyuàn Imperial College LondonImperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
- 神圣罗马帝国 Shénshèng Luómǎ Dìguó Holy Roman Empirethe Holy Roman Empire
- 第三帝国 Dìsān Dìguó Third ReichThe Third Reich; the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- 纽约帝国大厦 Niǔyuē Dìguó Dàshà Empire State Building
- 萨拉森帝国 Sàlāsēn Dìguó Saracen EmpireSaracen Empire (medieval European name for the Arab empire)
- 鄂图曼帝国 ètúmàn Dìguó Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire (Taiwanese usage)
- 东京帝国大学 Dōngjīng Dìguó Dàxué Tokyo Imperial UniversityTokyo Imperial University (renamed Tokyo University after 1945)
- 黑客帝国 Hēikè Dìguó The MatrixThe Matrix (1999 movie)
- 东罗马帝国 dōng Luómǎ Dìguó ByzantiumEastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)
- 俄罗斯帝国 éluósī Dìguó Russian Empirethe Russian Empire (1546-1917)
- 哈里发帝国 Hālǐfā Dìguó caliphateCaliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632)
