| 申根 | Shēn gēn | Schengen |
| 盘根问底 | pán gēn wèn dǐ | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 盘根究底 | pán gēn jiū dǐ | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 盘根错节 | pán gēn cuò jié | twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties |
| 直根 | zhí gēn | taproot (main root growing vertically down) |
| 票根 | piào gēn | ticket stub |
| 究其根源 | jiū qí gēn yuán | to trace something to its source (idiom) |
| 箱根 | Xiāng gēn | Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tōkyō |
| 约根 | Yuē gēn | Jurgen (name) |
| 维特根斯坦 | Wéi tè gēn sī tǎn | Wittgenstein (name) |
| 听墙根 | tīng qiáng gēn | to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations |
| 听墙根儿 | tīng qiáng gēnr | erhua variant of 听墙根, to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations |
| 肉质根 | ròu zhì gēn | succulent root (botany) |
| 苦根 | kǔ gēn | underlying cause of poverty |
| 草根 | cǎo gēn | grassroots democracy |
| 草根网民 | cǎo gēn wǎng mín | grassroots netizens |
| 落叶归根 | luò yè guī gēn | lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home; Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 张扬, starring 赵本山 |
| 叶落归根 | yè luò guī gēn | a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. |
| 葛根 | gé gēn | tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) used in Chinese medicine |
| 词根 | cí gēn | radical of a compound word (in European language) |
| 询根问底 | xún gēn wèn dǐ | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 蹑脚根 | niè jiǎo gēn | variant of 蹑脚跟 |
| 辣根 | là gēn | horseradish; wasabi |
| 追根 | zhuī gēn | to trace sth back to its source; to get to the bottom of sth |
| 追根问底 | zhuī gēn wèn dǐ | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 追根求源 | zhuī gēn qiú yuán | to track sth to its roots |
| 追根溯源 | zhuī gēn sù yuán | to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth |
| 追根究底 | zhuī gēn jiū dǐ | to get to the heart of the matter |
| 追根究底儿 | zhuī gēn jiū dǐr | erhua variant of 追根究底, to get to the heart of the matter |
| 里根 | Lǐ gēn | Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) |
| 银根 | yín gēn | money market; money |
| 除根 | chú gēn | to root out; to eliminate the roots; to cure once and for all |
| 雷根 | Léi gēn | Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) |
| 香根草 | xiāng gēn cǎo | vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides) |
| 齐根 | qí gēn | at the base; at the root; (of a leg) just below the crutch |
| 齿根 | chǐ gēn | root of tooth |
