| 钢丝绳 | gāng sī shéng | hawser; steel rope |
| 绳 | shéng | rope; CL:根 |
| 绳子 | shéng zi | cord; string; rope; CL:条 |
| 绳索 | shéng suǒ | rope |
| 准绳 | zhǔn shéng | yardstick; fig. criterion; ground rule |
| 冲绳 | Chōng shéng | Okinawa, Japan |
| 缰绳 | jiāng shéng | reins |
| 线绳 | xiàn shéng | string; cotton rope |
| 缆绳 | lǎn shéng | cable; hawser; mooring rope |
一年被蛇咬十年怕
井绳 | yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng | bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy |
一朝被蛇咬，
十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo ,
shí nián pà jǐng shéng | once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
| 吊绳 | diào shéng | sling |
| 套绳 | tào shéng | a lasso |
| 晒衣绳 | shài yī shéng | clothes line |
| 晒衣绳子 | shài yī shéng zi | clothes line |
| 棕绳 | zōng shéng | rope of palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber) |
| 冲绳岛 | Chōng shéng dǎo | Okinawa Island |
| 冲绳县 | Chōng shéng xiàn | Okinawa prefecture, Japan |
| 冲绳群岛 | chōng shéng qún dǎo | the Okinawa archipelago |
| 牵绳 | qiān shéng | tow rope |
| 细绳 | xì shéng | string; twine; cord |
| 绳之以法 | shéng zhī yǐ fǎ | to punish according to the law; to bring to justice |
| 绳墨 | shéng mò | lit. carpenter's straight line marker; same as 墨斗; fig. rules; rules and regulations |
| 绳套 | shéng tào | noose; harness |
| 绳文 | shéng wén | Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery |
| 绳梯 | shéng tī | a rope ladder |
| 绳索套 | shéng suǒ tào | a noose |
| 绳结 | shéng jié | knot |
| 腘绳肌 | guó shéng jī | hamstring (anatomy) |
| 规矩准绳 | guī ju zhǔn shéng | compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard; norms; criteria |
| 规矩绳墨 | guī ju shéng mò | compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard; norms; criteria |
| 走绳 | zǒu shéng | tightrope walking |
| 进退中绳 | jìn tuì zhōng shéng | to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible |
| 头绳 | tóu shéng | string to tie hair |
