| 1 | 根据 | 根據 | gēn jù | gen1 ju4 | according to; based on; basis; foundation; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 根 | 根 | gēn | gen1 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; Classifiers: 条 ; radical (chemistry) | | |
| 3 | 根本 | 根本 | gēn běn | gen1 ben3 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 根据地 | 根據地 | gēn jù dì | gen1 ju4 di4 | base of operations | | |
| 5 | 根源 | 根源 | gēn yuán | gen1 yuan2 | origin; root (cause) | | |
| 6 | 根系 | 根系 | gēn xì | gen1 xi4 | root system | | |
| 7 | 归根到底 | 歸根到底 | guī gēn dào dǐ | gui1 gen1 dao4 di3 | after all; in the final analysis; ultimately | | |
| 8 | 扎根 | 扎根 | zhā gēn | zha1 gen1 | to take root | | |
| 9 | 阿根廷 | 阿根廷 | ā gēn tíng | A1 gen1 ting2 | Argentina | | |
| 10 | 里根 | 里根 | lǐ gēn | Li3 gen1 | Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) | | |
| 11 | 根性 | 根性 | gēn xìng | gen1 xing4 | one''s true nature (Buddhism) | | |
| 12 | 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 | 壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草 | yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo | ya1 si3 luo4 tuo5 de5 zui4 hou4 yi1 gen1 dao4 cao3 | the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw | | |
| 13 | 城根 | 城根 | chéng gēn | cheng2 gen1 | sections of a city close to the city wall | | |
| 14 | 根究 | 根究 | gēn jiū | gen1 jiu1 | to investigate (sth) thoroughly; to get to the bottom of | | |
| 15 | 申根区 | 申根區 | shēn gēn qū | Shen1 gen1 qu1 | the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe | | |
| 16 | 大根兰 | 大根蘭 | dà gēn lán | da4 gen1 lan2 | Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl. | | |
| 17 | 草根 | 草根 | cǎo gēn | cao3 gen1 | grass roots (lit. and fig.) | | |
| 18 | 呆根 | 呆根 | dāi gēn | dai1 gen1 | fool; stupid | | |
| 19 | 单根独苗 | 單根獨苗 | dān gēn dú miáo | dan1 gen1 du2 miao2 | an only child | | |
| 20 | 字根通用码 | 字根通用碼 | zì gēn tōng yòng mǎ | zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3 | common coding for components of Chinese character; same as Zheng coding 郑码 | | |
| 21 | 不尽根 | 不盡根 | bù jìn gēn | bu4 jin4 gen1 | surd (math.) | | |
| 22 | 病根 | 病根 | bìng gēn | bing4 gen1 | an incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble | | |
| 23 | 卑尔根 | 卑爾根 | bēi ěr gēn | Bei1 er3 gen1 | Bergen | | |
| 24 | 安重根 | 安重根 | ān zhòng gēn | An1 Zhong4 gen1 | An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文 in 1909 | | |
| 25 | 爱留根纳 | 愛留根納 | ài liú gēn nà | Ai4 liu2 gen1 na4 | Eriugena, John Scottus (c. 810-880) Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher of Neoplatonism | | |