| 1 | 纲 | 綱 | gāng | gang1 | head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program | | |
| 2 | 纲领 | 綱領 | gāng lǐng | gang1 ling3 | program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle | | |
| 3 | 大纲 | 大綱 | dà gāng | da4 gang1 | synopsis; outline; program; leading principles | | |
| 4 | 党纲 | 黨綱 | dǎng gāng | dang3 gang1 | (political) party platform; party program | | |
| 5 | 抓纲治军 | 抓綱治軍 | zhuā gāng zhì jūn | zhua1 gang1 zhi4 jun1 | to grasp the key link and consolidate the army (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 量纲 | 量綱 | liàng gāng | liang4 gang1 | dimension (unit) | | |
| 7 | 接合菌纲 | 接合菌綱 | jiē hé jūn gāng | jie1 he2 jun1 gang1 | Zygomycetes | | |
| 8 | 教学大纲 | 教學大綱 | jiào xué dà gāng | jiao4 xue2 da4 gang1 | course syllabus; class curriculum | | |
| 9 | 横纲 | 橫綱 | héng gāng | heng2 gang1 | yokozuna | | |
| 10 | 共同纲领 | 共同綱領 | gòng tóng gāng lǐng | gong4 tong2 gang1 ling3 | common program; formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan | | |
| 11 | 纲要 | 綱要 | gāng yào | gang1 yao4 | outline; essential points | | |
| 12 | 纲举目张 | 綱舉目張 | gāng jǔ mù zhāng | gang1 ju3 mu4 zhang1 | if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom); take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves; (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered | | |
| 13 | 纲纪 | 綱紀 | gāng jì | gang1 ji4 | law and order | | |
| 14 | 腹足纲 | 腹足綱 | fù zú gāng | fu4 zu2 gang1 | gastropod (class of mollusks including snails) | | |
| 15 | 埃尔朗根纲领 | 埃爾朗根綱領 | āi ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐng | Ai1 er3 lang3 gen1 gang1 ling3 | Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory | | |
| 16 | 担纲 | 擔綱 | dān gāng | dan1 gang1 | to play the leading role | | |
| 17 | 重振朝纲 | 重振朝綱 | chóng zhèn cháo gāng | chong2 zhen4 chao2 gang1 | to regenerate the imperial regime (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 朝纲 | 朝綱 | cháo gāng | chao2 gang1 | laws and discipline of imperial court | | |
| 19 | 超纲 | 超綱 | chāo gāng | chao1 gang1 | beyond the scope of the syllabus | | |
| 20 | 哺乳纲 | 哺乳綱 | bǔ rǔ gāng | bu3 ru3 gang1 | Mammalia, the class of mammals | | |
| 21 | 鞭毛纲 | 鞭毛綱 | biān máo gāng | bian1 mao2 gang1 | flagellate | | |
| 22 | 本草纲目 | 本草綱目 | běn cǎo gāng mù | Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4 | Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李时珍 | | |
| 23 | 倍足纲 | 倍足綱 | bèi zú gāng | bei4 zu2 gang1 | Diplopoda (zoology) | | |
| 24 | 瓣鳃纲 | 瓣鰓綱 | bàn sāi gāng | ban4 sai1 gang1 | Lamellibranchia; class of bivalves | | |
| 25 | 八纲辨证 | 八綱辨證 | bā gāng biàn zhèng | ba1 gang1 bian4 zheng4 | pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM) | | |