| 綱 | [ gāng ] head rope of a fishing net, guiding principle, key link, class (taxonomy), outline, program |
| 綱紀 | [ gāng jì ] law and order |
| 綱舉目張 | [ gāng jǔ mù zhāng ] if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom), take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves, (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered |
| 綱要 | [ gāng yaò ] outline, essential points |
| 綱領 | [ gāng lǐng ] program (i.e. plan of action), guiding principle |
| ⇒ 三綱五常 | [ sān gāng wǔ cháng ] three principles and five virtues (idiom), the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) |
| ⇒ 上綱上線 | [ shàng gāng shàng xiàn ] to make a mountain out of a molehill |
| ⇒ 中蘇解決懸案大綱協定 | [ zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng ] the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China |
| ⇒ 亞綱 | [ yà gāng ] subclass (taxonomy) |
| ⇒ 倍足綱 | [ beì zú gāng ] Diplopoda (zoology) |
| ⇒ 八綱 | [ bā gāng ] "eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM) |
| ⇒ 八綱辨證 | [ bā gāng biàn zhèng ] pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM) |
| ⇒ 共同綱領 | [ gòng tóng gāng lǐng ] common program, formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan |
| ⇒ 吸蟲綱 | [ xī chóng gāng ] Class Trematoda, fluke, trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans |
| ⇒ 哺乳綱 | [ bǔ rǔ gāng ] Mammalia, the class of mammals |
| ⇒ 圓口綱脊椎動物 | [ yuán koǔ gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wù ] cyclostome (marine biology) |
| ⇒ 埃爾朗根綱領 | [ aī ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐng ] Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory |
| ⇒ 大綱 | [ dà gāng ] synopsis, outline, program, leading principles |
| ⇒ 接合菌綱 | [ jiē hé jūn gāng ] Zygomycetes |
| ⇒ 提綱 | [ tí gāng ] outline, synopsis, notes |
| ⇒ 提綱挈領 | [ tí gāng qiè lǐng ] to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials |
| ⇒ 擔綱 | [ dān gāng ] to play the leading role |
| ⇒ 政綱 | [ zhèng gāng ] political program, platform |
| ⇒ 教學大綱 | [ xué dà gāng ] course syllabus, class curriculum |
| ⇒ 朝綱 | [ chaó gāng ] laws and discipline of imperial court |
| ⇒ 木蘭綱 | [ mù lán gāng ] Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves) |
| ⇒ 本草綱目 | [ běn caǒ gāng mù ] Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 橫綱 | [ héng gāng ] yokozuna |
| ⇒ 渦蟲綱 | [ wō chóng gāng ] Turbellaria (an order of flatworms) |
| ⇒ 瓣鰓綱 | [ bàn saī gāng ] Lamellibranchia, class of bivalves |
| ⇒ 真菌綱 | [ zhēn jūn gāng ] Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi) |
| ⇒ 絛蟲綱 | [ taō chóng gāng ] Cestoda (an order of flatworms) |
| ⇒ 考綱 | [ kaǒ gāng ] exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1]) |
| ⇒ 腹足綱 | [ fù zú gāng ] gastropod (class of mollusks including snails) |
| ⇒ 蛛形綱 | [ zhū xíng gāng ] Arachnids (class of arthropods) |
| ⇒ 蜥形綱 | [ xī xíng gāng ] Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles |
| ⇒ 行動綱領 | [ xíng dòng gāng lǐng ] action plan, program of action |
| ⇒ 裂殖菌綱 | [ liè zhí jūn gāng ] Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi) |
| ⇒ 超綱 | [ chaō gāng ] beyond the scope of the syllabus |
| ⇒ 軟甲綱 | [ ruǎn jiǎ gāng ] Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans |
| ⇒ 量綱 | [ liàng gāng ] dimension (unit) |
| ⇒ 鞭毛綱 | [ biān maó gāng ] flagellate |
| ⇒ 頭足綱 | [ toú zú gāng ] cephalopod, Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid |
| ⇒ 黨綱 | [ dǎng gāng ] (political) party platform, party program |