| 1 | 宗教 | 宗教 | zōng jiào | zong1 jiao4 | religion | | |
| 2 | 李宗仁 | 李宗仁 | lǐ zōng rén | Li3 Zong1 ren2 | Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction | | |
| 3 | 宗旨 | 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | zong1 zhi3 | objective; aim; goal | | |
| 4 | 宗 | 宗 | zōng | Zong1 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs; surname Zong | | |
| 5 | 祖宗 | 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | zu3 zong1 | ancestor; forebear | | |
| 6 | 禅宗 | 禪宗 | chán zōng | Chan2 zong1 | Zen Buddhism | | |
| 7 | 大宗 | 大宗 | dà zōng | da4 zong1 | large amount; staple; influential family of long standing | | |
| 8 | 宗教改革 | 宗教改革 | zōng jiào gǎi gé | Zong1 jiao4 Gai3 ge2 | (Protestant) Reformation | | |
| 9 | 唐太宗 | 唐太宗 | táng tài zōng | Tang2 Tai4 zong1 | Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 (599-649), reigned 626-649 | | |
| 10 | 宗祠 | 宗祠 | zōng cí | zong1 ci2 | ancestral temple; clan hall | | |
| 11 | 宗法 | 宗法 | zōng fǎ | zong1 fa3 | patriarchal clan system | | |
| 12 | 卷宗 | 卷宗 | juàn zōng | juan4 zong1 | file; folder; dossier | | |
| 13 | 俱舍宗 | 俱舍宗 | jù shè zōng | Ju4 she4 zong1 | Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school) | | |
| 14 | 净土宗 | 淨土宗 | jìng tǔ zōng | Jing4 tu3 zong1 | Pure Land Buddhism | | |
| 15 | 回祖归宗 | 回祖歸宗 | huí zǔ guī zōng | hui2 zu3 gui1 zong1 | to regress to one's forefathers (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 黄宗羲 | 黃宗羲 | huáng zōng xī | Huang2 Zong1 xi1 | Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition | | |
| 17 | 广宗 | 廣宗 | guǎng zōng | Guang3 zong1 | Guangzong county in Xingtai 邢台 , Hebei | | |
| 18 | 左宗棠鸡 | 左宗棠雞 | zuǒ zōng táng jī | Zuo3 Zong1 tang2 ji1 | General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish | | |
| 19 | 光宗耀祖 | 光宗耀祖 | guāng zōng yào zǔ | guang1 zong1 yao4 zu3 | to bring honor to one's ancestors | | |
| 20 | 高宗 | 高宗 | gāo zōng | Gao1 zong1 | Gaozong Emperor, Temple name of the tenth Song Emperor Zhao Gou 赵构 (1107-1187 AD), reigned (1127-1162 AD) | | |
| 21 | 非宗教 | 非宗教 | fēi zōng jiào | fei1 zong1 jiao4 | secular (society); non-religious (party) | | |
| 22 | 代宗 | 代宗 | dài zōng | Dai4 zong1 | another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳 ; Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls; Daizong, Temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 | | |
| 23 | 慈恩宗 | 慈恩宗 | cí ēn zōng | Ci2 en1 zong1 | see 法相宗 | | |
| 24 | 传宗接代 | 傳宗接代 | chuán zōng jiē dài | chuan2 zong1 jie1 dai4 | to carry on one's ancestral line | | |
| 25 | 成实宗 | 成實宗 | chéng shí zōng | Cheng2 shi2 zong1 | Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism | | |