- 秋收起义 qiūshōuqǐyì Autumn Harvest UprisingAn armed insurrection in 1927 led by Mao Zedong in the Hunan and Jiangxi provinces of China.
- 广州起义 guǎngzhōuqǐyì Guangzhou Uprising of 1927The failed Communist-led uprising against the Kuomintang on December 11, 1927
- 武昌起义 wǔchāngqǐyì Wuchang UprisingThe armed rebellion in Wuchang on October 10th, 1911, which launched the [[辛亥革命|辛亥革命|xin1 hai4 ge2 ming4]] and led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty.
- 起义者 qǐyìzhě rebelA person who participates in an uprising or insurrection.
- 黄巾起义 huángjīnqǐyì Yellow Turban RebellionThe peasant uprising against the Eastern Han Dynasty starting in 184 AD, led by [[张角|張角|zhang1 jue2]] and the Way of Supreme Peace; it is often considered the beginning of the end for the Han and a precursor to the Three Kingdoms period.
- 黄巢起义 huángcháoqǐyì Huang Chao rebellionPeasant uprising (875-884) led by [[黄巢|黃巢|huang2 chao2]] during the late Tang Dynasty
- 金田起义 jīntiánqǐyì Jintian UprisingThe January 1851 uprising in Jintian, Guangxi that marked the start of the Taiping Rebellion
- 农民起义 nóngmínqǐyì peasant uprisingpeasant revolt; an armed uprising or rebellion led by farmers
- 黄花岗起义 huánghuāgǎngqǐyì Huanghuagang uprisingHuanghuagang uprising of April 23rd 1911 in Guangzhou, one of a long series of unsuccessful revolts led by Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party against the Qing dynasty
- 南昌起义 nánchāngqǐyì Nanchang UprisingAn armed uprising led by the Communist Party on August 1st, 1927 in Nanchang, Jiangxi, marking the start of their independent leadership of the armed revolution and the beginning of the Chinese Civil War.
- 大泽乡起义 dàzéxiāngqǐyì Dazexiang UprisingThe first major uprising against the Qin Dynasty in 209 BC, led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.
- 太平天国起义 tàipíngtiānguóqǐyì Taiping RebellionA massive 19th-century rebellion in southern China against the Qing dynasty, led by [[洪秀全|洪秀全|hong2 xiu4 quan2]] who sought to establish the [[太平天国|太平天國|tai4 ping2 tian1 guo2]].
- 武装起义 wǔzhuāngqǐyì armed uprisingarmed uprising; insurrection
- 陈胜吴广起义 chénshèngwúguǎngqǐyì Chen Sheng-Wu Guang UprisingThe first major uprising against the Qin dynasty in 209 BC, led by commoners Chen Sheng and Wu Guang after heavy rain prevented them from reaching their military post on time.
- 人民起义 rénmínqǐyì popular uprisingA rebellion or revolt by the common people against a government or authority