- 中国大陆 Zhōngguódàlù mainland ChinaMainland China
- 新大陆 xīndàlù New Worldthe Americas, as opposed to the Old World (Eurasia and Africa)
- 欧亚大陆 ōu Yà Dàlù Eurasia
- 大陆架 dàlùjià continental shelf
- 次大陆 cìdàlù subcontinentsubcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)
- 亚欧大陆桥 Yà'ōudàlùqiáo Eurasian land bridgeEurasian land bridge (rail line linking China and Europe)
- 大陆性气候 dàlùxìngqìhòu continental climate
- 亚欧大陆 Yà'ōudàlù EurasiaEurasian continent
- 大陆漂移 dàlùpiāoyí continental drift
- 大陆性 dàlùxìng continental
- 泛大陆 fàndàlù PangeaPangea (geology)
- 大陆坡 dàlùpō continental slopecontinental slope (the sloping region between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor)
- 大陆块 dàlùkuài continental platecontinental plates (geology)
- 旧大陆 jiùdàlù Old Worldthe Old World (Eurasia and Africa), as opposed to the New World or the Americas
- 亚欧大陆腹地 Yà'ōudàlùfùdì Eurasian hinterlandthe central interior region of Eurasia, typically referring to Central Asia including Xinjiang
- 大陆客 dàlùkè illegal immigrantan unauthorized migrant or illegal entrant from mainland China to Taiwan
- 欧洲大陆 ōuzhōudàlù European continentthe continent of Europe; mainland Europe
- 大陆妹 dàlùmèi Fushan lettucea variety of lettuce commonly referred to by this name in Taiwan
- 美洲大陆 Měizhōudàlù the Americasthe combined continental landmass of North and South America
- 联合古大陆 liánhégǔdàlù PangeaPangea or Pangaea (supercontinent)
- 驻大陆 zhùdàlù stationed on mainlandstationed on the mainland (i.e. PRC)