| Hyphen | the parts are equal; you can insert і between them | науко́во-пізнава́льний | popular-science |
| As one word | the first part defines the second; a numeral as the first part | різномані́тний / двоя́русний | varied / two-tier |
| Abbreviation | a full stop after р. and вул.; none after км | 2024 р. / 5 км | the year 2024 / 5 kilometres |
| Clipped compound | parts of words; an apostrophe before ю / я / є / ї | Мін’ю́ст | Ministry of Justice |
| C1Compound noun | with a linking vowel, one word; without one, a hyphen | лісосте́п / хліб-сі́ль | forest-steppe / bread and salt |
| C1Declension | equal parts both change; after a prefix, only the last | хліб-сі́ль → хлі́ба-со́лі / А́встро-Уго́рщина → А́встро-Уго́рщини | bread and salt / Austria-Hungary |
| C1Acronym | masculine ending in a consonant: declines; in a vowel: does not | на ЛА́Зі / з О́БСЄ | on a ЛАЗ bus / with the О́БСЄ (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) |
| C2Gender of a compound word | the ending sets the gender | велодорі́жка / водолікува́ння | bicycle path / hydrotherapy |
| C2Clipped compound | declines in all cases | у Кабмі́ні | in the Cabinet of Ministers |
| Trap | the form дво- in a compound word | двоя́русний | two-tier |
| Trap | units of measurement take no full stop | 9 год / 20 хв | 9 hours / 20 minutes |