| No. |
Chinese Simplified |
Chinese Traditional |
Pinyin |
explanation |
| 1 | 杠刀 | 槓刀 | gang4 dao1 | to sharpen a knife (or razor etc) |
| 2 | 杠夫 | 槓夫 | gang4 fu1 | pole carrier/coffin-bearer |
| 3 | 杠子 | 槓子 | gang4 zi5 | thick bar/solid carrying pole |
| 4 | 杠掉 | 槓掉 | gang4 diao4 | to cross out |
| 5 | 杠杆 | 槓桿 | gang4 gan3 | lever/pry bar/crowbar/financial leverage |
| 6 | 杠杠的 | 槓槓的 | gang2 gang2 de5 | (slang, originally northeast dialect) excellent; great |
| 7 | 杠荡 | 槓盪 | gang4 dang4 | to shake/to rock |
| 8 | 杠铃 | 槓鈴 | gang4 ling2 | barbell |
| 9 | 杠头 | 槓頭 | gang4 tou2 | (old) chief coffin bearer/(fig.) argumentative person/a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5] |
| 10 | 杠龟 | 槓龜 | gang4 gui1 | (Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku]) |