| 十六进制 | shí liù jìn zhì | hexadecimal |
| 三十六字母 | sān shí liù zì mǔ | thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory |
| 三十六计 | sān shí liù jì | The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction; all the possible schemes and stratagems |
三十六计，
走为上策 | sān shí liù jì ,
zǒu wéi shàng cè | Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best.; see also 三十六计 |
| 二十六岁 | èr shí liù suì | 26 years old |
| 二十六号 | èr shí liù hào | 26th day of a month |
| 五胡十六国 | wǔ hú shí liù guó | Sixteen Kingdoms of five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) |
| 十六 | shí liù | sixteen; 16 |
| 十六位元 | shí liù wèi yuán | 16-bit (computing) |
| 十六国 | shí liù guó | Sixteen Kingdoms of five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also written 五胡十六国 |
| 十六国春秋 | Shí liù guó Chūn qiū | history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls |
| 十六烷值 | shí liù wán zhí | cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay) |
| 山本五十六 | Shān běn Wǔ shí liù | YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral |
| 本笃・十六世 | Běn dǔ · shí liù shì | Benedict XVI (Pope); Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-), Pope from 2005 |
| 第十六 | dì shí liù | sixteenth |
