| 1 | 层 | 層 | céng | ceng2 | layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.) | | |
| 2 | 层次 | 層次 | céng cì | ceng2 ci4 | layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing | | |
| 3 | 基层 | 基層 | jī céng | ji1 ceng2 | basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer | | |
| 4 | 上层建筑 | 上層建築 | shàng céng jiàn zhù | shang4 ceng2 jian4 zhu4 | superstructure | | |
| 5 | 地层 | 地層 | dì céng | di4 ceng2 | stratum (geology) | | |
| 6 | 阶层 | 階層 | jiē céng | jie1 ceng2 | hierarchy; stratum; social class | | |
| 7 | 上层 | 上層 | shàng céng | shang4 ceng2 | upper layer | | |
| 8 | 下层 | 下層 | xià céng | xia4 ceng2 | underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate | | |
| 9 | 表层 | 表層 | biǎo céng | biao3 ceng2 | surface layer | | |
| 10 | 底层 | 底層 | dǐ céng | di3 ceng2 | ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society) | | |
| 11 | 大气层 | 大氣層 | dà qì céng | da4 qi4 ceng2 | atmosphere | | |
| 12 | 深层 | 深層 | shēn céng | shen1 ceng2 | deep layer; deep; deep-seated; underlying | | |
| 13 | 外层 | 外層 | wài céng | wai4 ceng2 | outer layer; outer shell | | |
| 14 | 岩层 | 岩層 | yán céng | yan2 ceng2 | variant of 岩层 ; rock strata; rock strata | | |
| 15 | 云层 | 雲層 | yún céng | yun2 ceng2 | the clouds; cloud layer; cloud bank | | |
| 16 | 分层 | 分層 | fēn céng | fen1 ceng2 | lamination; layering; stratification; delamination | | |
| 17 | 低层 | 低層 | dī céng | di1 ceng2 | low level | | |
| 18 | 土层 | 土層 | tǔ céng | tu3 ceng2 | layer of soil; ground level | | |
| 19 | 深层政府 | 深層政府 | shēn céng zhèng fǔ | shen1 ceng2 zheng4 fu3 | deep state | | |
| 20 | 多层 | 多層 | duō céng | duo1 ceng2 | multilayered; multilevel; multistory | | |
| 21 | 双层床 | 雙層床 | shuāng céng chuáng | shuang1 ceng2 chuang2 | bunk beds | | |
| 22 | 镀层 | 鍍層 | dù céng | du4 ceng2 | the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc | | |
| 23 | 层层 | 層層 | céng céng | ceng2 ceng2 | layer upon layer | | |
| 24 | 层层包围 | 層層包圍 | céng céng bāo wéi | ceng2 ceng2 bao1 wei2 | to besiege or surround ring upon ring (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 走向滑动断层 | 走向滑動斷層 | zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céng | zou3 xiang4 hua2 dong4 duan4 ceng2 | strike-slip fault (geology); fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another | | |