- 关门弟子 guānméndìzǐ last discipleThe last disciple accepted by a master, after whom the master stops taking students.
- 入室弟子 rùshìdìzǐ disciplea student who has been personally initiated into a craft or school of thought by a master; a disciple who has received the true teachings from a teacher
- 私淑弟子 sīshūdìzǐ uninstructed disciplea disciple who admires a master and follows their teachings without having received direct instruction from them personally
- 高足弟子 gāozúdìzǐ talented student(literary) an honorific term used to refer to someone's brilliant student or talented disciple
- 嫡传弟子 díchuándìzǐ personal disciplea disciple who has been personally taught or initiated by a master or his official successor
- 十大弟子 shídàdìzǐ ten great disciplesThe ten primary disciples of Gautama Buddha in Buddhist tradition
- 女弟子 nǚdìzǐ female studentA female student or girl pupil.
- 佛门弟子 fóméndìzǐ Buddhistfollowers of Buddhism; Buddhist monks and nuns
- 梨园弟子 líyuándìzǐ actors(literary) actors or opera performers; originally referred to the court musicians and dancers of the Pear Garden ensemble during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty