| 桿 | [ gǎn ] stick, pole, lever, classifier for long objects such as guns |
| 桿子 | [ gǎn zi ] pole, stick, club, gang of bandits |
| 桿弟 | [ gān dì ] caddie (golf) |
| 桿秤 | [ gǎn chèng ] a steelyard (a type of balance) |
| 桿菌 | [ gǎn jūn ] bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) |
| ⇒ 一桿進洞 | [ yī gān jìn dòng ] (golf) hole in one |
| ⇒ 一號木桿 | [ yī haò mù gān ] driver (golf) |
| ⇒ 三號木桿 | [ sān haò mù gān ] spoon (golf) |
| ⇒ 上桿 | [ shàng gān ] backswing (golf) |
| ⇒ 乳桿菌 | [ rǔ gǎn jūn ] lactobacillus |
| ⇒ 仙人掌桿菌 | [ xiān rén zhǎng gǎn jūn ] (microbiology) Bacillus cereus |
| ⇒ 嗜血桿菌 | [ shì xuè gǎn jūn ] hemophile bacteria, hemophilus |
| ⇒ 嗜酸乳桿菌 | [ shì suān rǔ gǎn jūn ] Lactobacillus acidophilus |
| ⇒ 大腸桿菌 | [ dà cháng gǎn jūn ] Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
| ⇒ 套馬桿 | [ taò mǎ gǎn ] lasso on long wooden pole |
| ⇒ 布氏桿菌病 | [ bù shì gǎn jūn bìng ] brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever) |
| ⇒ 幽門螺旋桿菌 | [ yoū mén luó xuán gǎn jūn ] Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| ⇒ 幽門螺桿菌 | [ yoū mén luó gǎn jūn ] Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| ⇒ 挺桿 | [ tǐng gǎn ] tappet (machine part) |
| ⇒ 控制桿 | [ kòng zhì gǎn ] control lever, joystick |
| ⇒ 推桿 | [ tuī gān ] push rod or tappet (mechanics), putter (golf), to putt (golf) |
| ⇒ 換擋桿 | [ huàn dǎng gǎn ] gear lever |
| ⇒ 揮桿 | [ huī gān ] swing (golf) |
| ⇒ 搖桿 | [ yaó gǎn ] joystick |
| ⇒ 撐桿跳 | [ chēng gān ] pole-vaulting |
| ⇒ 撐桿跳高 | [ chēng gān gaō ] pole-vaulting |
| ⇒ 操縱桿 | [ caō zòng gǎn ] joystick, control lever |
| ⇒ 木桿 | [ mù gān ] wooden pole, wood (golf club) |
| ⇒ 李斯特氏桿菌 | [ lǐ sī tè shì gǎn jūn ] listeria bacillus |
| ⇒ 枯草桿菌 | [ kū caǒ gǎn jūn ] bacillus subtilis |
| ⇒ 槍桿 | [ qiāng gǎn ] gun barrel |
| ⇒ 槍桿兒 | [ qiāng gǎn ] gun barrel |
| ⇒ 槍桿子 | [ qiāng gǎn zi ] gun barrel |
| ⇒ 槓桿 | [ gàng gǎn ] lever, pry bar, crowbar, financial leverage |
| ⇒ 標準桿 | [ zhǔn gān ] par (golf) |
| ⇒ 比桿賽 | [ bǐ gān saì ] stroke play (golf) |
| ⇒ 沙坑桿 | [ shā kēng gān ] sand wedge (golf) |
| ⇒ 炭疽桿菌 | [ tàn jū gǎn jūn ] anthrax bacterium, Bacillus anthracis |
| ⇒ 白喉桿菌 | [ baí hoú gǎn jūn ] Klebs-Loeddler bacillus (the diphtheria bacterium) |
| ⇒ 矮桿品種 | [ aǐ gǎn pǐn zhǒng ] short-stalked variety, short straw variety |
| ⇒ 秤桿 | [ chèng gǎn ] the beam of a steelyard, a balance arm |
| ⇒ 筆桿 | [ bǐ gǎn ] the shaft of a pen or writing brush, pen-holder, pen |
| ⇒ 筆桿子 | [ bǐ gǎn zi ] pen, an effective writer |
| ⇒ 箭桿 | [ jiàn gǎn ] arrow shaft |
| ⇒ 結核桿菌 | [ jié hé gǎn jūn ] tubercle bacillus |
| ⇒ 線桿 | [ xiàn gǎn ] telephone pole, utility pole |
| ⇒ 總桿賽 | [ zǒng gān saì ] stroke play (golf) |
| ⇒ 肉毒桿菌 | [ roù dú gǎn jūn ] Clostridium botulinum |
| ⇒ 肉毒桿菌毒素 | [ roù dú gǎn jūn dú sù ] botulinum toxin |
| ⇒ 肉毒梭狀芽孢桿菌 | [ roù dú suō zhuàng yá baō gǎn jūn ] Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection) |
| ⇒ 腰桿子 | [ yaō gǎn zi ] waist, small of the back, (fig.) backing |
| ⇒ 腳桿 | [ gǎn ] (dialect) leg |
| ⇒ 自拍桿 | [ zì paī gǎn ] selfie stick, also written 自拍杆[zi4 pai1 gan1] |
| ⇒ 蝸桿 | [ wō gǎn ] worm (mechanical engineering) |
| ⇒ 蝸桿副 | [ wō gǎn fù ] worm-gear pair, worm drive, worm and worm gear |
| ⇒ 螺桿 | [ luó gǎn ] screw |
| ⇒ 蠟樣芽孢桿菌 | [ là yàng yá baō gǎn jūn ] (microbiology) Bacillus cereus |
| ⇒ 變速桿 | [ biàn sù gǎn ] gear lever, stick shift |
| ⇒ 資金槓桿 | [ zī jīn gàng gǎn ] (finance) leverage, gearing |
| ⇒ 起撲桿 | [ qǐ pū gān ] chipper (golf) |
| ⇒ 軍團桿菌 | [ jūn tuán gǎn jūn ] legionella bacteria |
| ⇒ 金融槓桿 | [ jīn róng gàng gǎn ] financial leverage, leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds) |
| ⇒ 釣桿 | [ gǎn ] fishing rod |
| ⇒ 鐵桿 | [ tiě gān ] iron (golf club) |
| ⇒ 鐵桿 | [ tiě gǎn ] iron rod, zealous, die-hard |
| ⇒ 鐵桿粉絲 | [ tiě gǎn fěn sī ] die-hard fan |
| ⇒ 開桿 | [ kaī gǎn ] to tee off (golf), to break (snooker) |
| ⇒ 集電桿 | [ jí diàn gǎn ] electric trolley pole |
| ⇒ 電桿 | [ diàn gǎn ] electric pole, telegraph pole |
| ⇒ 電線桿 | [ diàn xiàn gǎn ] electric pole, telephone pole, lamppost, CL:根[gen1] |
| ⇒ 霍亂桿菌 | [ huò luàn gǎn jūn ] Vibrio cholerae, the cholera bacterium |
| ⇒ 非槓桿化 | [ feī gàng gǎn huà ] deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan) |
| ⇒ 頂桿 | [ dǐng gǎn ] top bar, crown bar |
| ⇒ 鼠疫桿菌 | [ shǔ yì gǎn jūn ] Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plage bacillus |