| 纲 | [ gāng ] head rope of a fishing net, guiding principle, key link, class (taxonomy), outline, program |
| 纲纪 | [ gāng jì ] law and order |
| 纲举目张 | [ 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 |
| 纲要 | [ gāng yaò ] outline, essential points |
| 纲领 | [ gāng lǐng ] program (i.e. plan of action), guiding principle |
| ⇒ 三纲五常 | [ 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) |
| ⇒ 上纲上线 | [ shàng gāng shàng xiàn ] to make a mountain out of a molehill |
| ⇒ 中苏解决悬案大纲协定 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 亚纲 | [ yà gāng ] subclass (taxonomy) |
| ⇒ 倍足纲 | [ beì zú gāng ] Diplopoda (zoology) |
| ⇒ 八纲 | [ bā gāng ] "eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM) |
| ⇒ 八纲辨证 | [ bā gāng biàn zhèng ] pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM) |
| ⇒ 共同纲领 | [ gòng tóng gāng lǐng ] common program, formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan |
| ⇒ 吸虫纲 | [ xī chóng gāng ] Class Trematoda, fluke, trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans |
| ⇒ 哺乳纲 | [ bǔ rǔ gāng ] Mammalia, the class of mammals |
| ⇒ 圆口纲脊椎动物 | [ yuán koǔ gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wù ] cyclostome (marine biology) |
| ⇒ 埃尔朗根纲领 | [ aī ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐng ] Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory |
| ⇒ 大纲 | [ dà gāng ] synopsis, outline, program, leading principles |
| ⇒ 接合菌纲 | [ jiē hé jūn gāng ] Zygomycetes |
| ⇒ 提纲 | [ tí gāng ] outline, synopsis, notes |
| ⇒ 提纲挈领 | [ tí gāng qiè lǐng ] to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials |
| ⇒ 担纲 | [ dān gāng ] to play the leading role |
| ⇒ 政纲 | [ zhèng gāng ] political program, platform |
| ⇒ 教学大纲 | [ xué dà gāng ] course syllabus, class curriculum |
| ⇒ 朝纲 | [ chaó gāng ] laws and discipline of imperial court |
| ⇒ 木兰纲 | [ mù lán gāng ] Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves) |
| ⇒ 本草纲目 | [ běn caǒ gāng mù ] Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1] |
| ⇒ 横纲 | [ héng gāng ] yokozuna |
| ⇒ 涡虫纲 | [ wō chóng gāng ] Turbellaria (an order of flatworms) |
| ⇒ 瓣鳃纲 | [ bàn saī gāng ] Lamellibranchia, class of bivalves |
| ⇒ 真菌纲 | [ zhēn jūn gāng ] Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi) |
| ⇒ 绦虫纲 | [ taō chóng gāng ] Cestoda (an order of flatworms) |
| ⇒ 考纲 | [ 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]) |
| ⇒ 腹足纲 | [ fù zú gāng ] gastropod (class of mollusks including snails) |
| ⇒ 蛛形纲 | [ zhū xíng gāng ] Arachnids (class of arthropods) |
| ⇒ 蜥形纲 | [ xī xíng gāng ] Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles |
| ⇒ 行动纲领 | [ xíng dòng gāng lǐng ] action plan, program of action |
| ⇒ 裂殖菌纲 | [ liè zhí jūn gāng ] Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi) |
| ⇒ 超纲 | [ chaō gāng ] beyond the scope of the syllabus |
| ⇒ 软甲纲 | [ ruǎn jiǎ gāng ] Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans |
| ⇒ 量纲 | [ liàng gāng ] dimension (unit) |
| ⇒ 鞭毛纲 | [ biān maó gāng ] flagellate |
| ⇒ 头足纲 | [ toú zú gāng ] cephalopod, Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid |
| ⇒ 党纲 | [ dǎng gāng ] (political) party platform, party program |