| 1 | 宫 | 宮 | gōng | Gong1 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale; surname Gong | | |
| 2 | 子宫 | 子宮 | zǐ gōng | zi3 gong1 | uterus; womb | | |
| 3 | 宫廷 | 宮廷 | gōng tíng | gong1 ting2 | court (of king or emperor) | | |
| 4 | 王宫 | 王宮 | wáng gōng | wang2 gong1 | imperial palace | | |
| 5 | 宫殿 | 宮殿 | gōng diàn | gong1 dian4 | palace; Classifiers: 座 | | |
| 6 | 奠济宫 | 奠濟宮 | diàn jì gōng | Dian4 ji4 gong1 | Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan | | |
| 7 | 宫城 | 宮城 | gōng chéng | Gong1 cheng2 | Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州 | | |
| 8 | 宫车晏驾 | 宮車晏駕 | gōng chē yàn jià | gong1 che1 yan4 jia4 | death of an emperor (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 宫爆肉丁 | 宮爆肉丁 | gōng bào ròu dīng | gong1 bao4 rou4 ding1 | stir-fried diced pork | | |
| 10 | 宫爆鸡丁 | 宮爆雞丁 | gōng bào jī dīng | gong1 bao4 ji1 ding1 | gong bao chicken; spicy diced chicken | | |
| 11 | 宫保鸡丁 | 宮保雞丁 | gōng bǎo jī dīng | gong1 bao3 ji1 ding1 | Kung Pao Chicken; spicy diced chicken | | |
| 12 | 二进宫 | 二進宮 | èr jìn gōng | er4 jin4 gong1 | name of a famous opera; (slang) to go to jail for a second offense | | |
| 13 | 冬宫 | 冬宮 | dōng gōng | Dong1 gong1 | Winter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum | | |
| 14 | 爱丽舍宫 | 愛麗捨宮 | ài lì shě gōng | Ai4 li4 she3 Gong1 | Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic | | |
| 15 | 地宫 | 地宮 | dì gōng | di4 gong1 | underground palace (as part of imperial tomb) | | |
| 16 | 大闹天宫 | 大鬧天宮 | dà nào tiān gōng | Da4 nao4 Tian1 gong1 | Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西游记 | | |
| 17 | 打入冷宫 | 打入冷宮 | dǎ rù lěng gōng | da3 ru4 leng3 gong1 | to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history | | |
| 18 | 自宫 | 自宮 | zì gōng | zi4 gong1 | to castrate oneself | | |
| 19 | 蟾宫折桂 | 蟾宮折桂 | chán gōng zhé guì | chan2 gong1 zhe2 gui4 | lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); fig. to succeed in the imperial examination | | |
| 20 | 布达拉宫 | 布達拉宮 | bù dá lā gōng | Bu4 da2 la1 gong1 | Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet | | |
| 21 | 博格多汗宫 | 博格多汗宮 | bó gé duō hán gōng | Bo2 ge2 duo1 Han2 gong1 | the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia | | |
| 22 | 逼宫 | 逼宮 | bī gōng | bi1 gong1 | to force the king or emperor to abdicate | | |
| 23 | 胞宫 | 胞宮 | bāo gōng | bao1 gong1 | uterus; womb | | |
| 24 | 白金汉宫 | 白金漢宮 | bái jīn hàn gōng | Bai2 jin1 han4 Gong1 | Buckingham Palace | | |
| 25 | 白宫群英 | 白宮群英 | bái gōng qún yīng | Bai2 gong1 Qun2 ying1 | The West Wing (US TV series) | | |