| 1 | 更 | 更 | gēng | geng1 | to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | | |
| 2 | 更新 | 更新 | gēng xīn | geng1 xin1 | to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate | | |
| 3 | 变更 | 變更 | biàn gēng | bian4 geng1 | to change; to alter; to modify | | |
| 4 | 自力更生 | 自力更生 | zì lì gēng shēng | zi4 li4 geng1 sheng1 | regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance | | |
| 5 | 更换 | 更換 | gēng huàn | geng1 huan4 | to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc) | | |
| 6 | 更深 | 更深 | gēng shēn | geng1 shen1 | deep at night | | |
| 7 | 更替 | 更替 | gēng tì | geng1 ti4 | to take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace; to relay | | |
| 8 | 巡更 | 巡更 | xún gēng | xun2 geng1 | to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs | | |
| 9 | 都更案 | 都更案 | dū gēng àn | du1 geng1 an4 | urban development project | | |
| 10 | 更改 | 更改 | gēng gǎi | geng1 gai3 | to alter | | |
| 11 | 更夫 | 更夫 | gēng fū | geng1 fu1 | night watchman (in former times) | | |
| 12 | 更番 | 更番 | gēng fān | geng1 fan1 | alternately; by turns | | |
| 13 | 更迭 | 更迭 | gēng dié | geng1 die2 | to alternate; to change | | |
| 14 | 更递 | 更遞 | gēng dì | geng1 di4 | to change; to substitute | | |
| 15 | 更代 | 更代 | gēng dài | geng1 dai4 | substitution; replacing former general; change of leader | | |
| 16 | 更次 | 更次 | gēng cì | geng1 ci4 | one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night) | | |
| 17 | 动态更新 | 動態更新 | dòng tài gēng xīn | dong4 tai4 geng1 xin1 | dynamic update (Internet) | | |
| 18 | 狄更斯 | 狄更斯 | dí gēng sī | Di2 geng1 si1 | Dickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist | | |
| 19 | 得庆更生 | 得慶更生 | dé qìng gēng shēng | de2 qing4 geng1 sheng1 | to take a new lease of life (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 打更 | 打更 | dǎ gēng | da3 geng1 | to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times) | | |
| 21 | 除旧更新 | 除舊更新 | chú jiù gēng xīn | chu2 jiu4 geng1 xin1 | to replace the old with new (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 初更 | 初更 | chū gēng | chu1 geng1 | first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) | | |
| 23 | 齿更 | 齒更 | chǐ gēng | chi3 geng1 | dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) | | |
| 24 | 炒更 | 炒更 | chǎo gēng | chao3 geng1 | to moonlight | | |
| 25 | 最后更新 | 最後更新 | zuì hòu gēng xīn | zui4 hou4 geng1 xin1 | latest update; most recent update | | |