| 从 | cōng | lax; yielding; unhurried |
| 从 | cóng | from; via; passing through; through (a gap); past; ever (followed by negative, meaning never); (formerly pr. and related to 纵) to follow; to comply with; to obey; to join; to engage in; adopting some mode of action or attitude; follower; retainer; accessory; accomplice; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor; surname Cong |
| 从 | zòng | second cousin |
| 从而 | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 从事 | cóng shì | to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do |
| 从前 | cóng qián | previously; formerly; once upon a time |
| 从来 | cóng lái | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) |
| 从此 | cóng cǐ | from now on; since then; henceforth |
| 服从 | fú cóng | to obey (an order); to comply; to defer |
| 自从 | zì cóng | since (a time); ever since |
| 从中 | cóng zhōng | from; therefrom |
| 从小 | cóng xiǎo | from childhood; as a child |
| 从动 | cóng dòng | -driven (of mechanism, driven by a component); slave (wheel, pulley) |
| 无从 | wú cóng | not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing |
| 从未 | cóng wèi | never |
| 从属 | cóng shǔ | subordinate |
| 从头 | cóng tóu | anew; from the start |
| 从容 | cóng róng | to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2] |
| 从难从严 | cóng nán cóng yán | to be arduous and strict (idiom) |
| 从严 | cóng yán | strict; rigorous; severely |
| 顺从 | shùn cóng | obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer |
| 听从 | tīng cóng | to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken |
| 从军 | cóng jūn | to enlist; to serve in the army |
| 遵从 | zūn cóng | to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors) |
| 侍从 | shì cóng | chamberlain in imperial China |
| 从犯 | cóng fàn | accessory to a crime; accomplice |
| 随从 | suí cóng | accompany; follow; attend; entourage; attendant |
| 从化 | Cóng huà | Conghua county level city in Guangzhou 广州, Guangdong |
| 从江 | Cóng jiāng | Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔东南州, Guizhou |
| 从容不迫 | cóng róng bù pò | calm; unruffled |
| 屈从 | qū cóng | to capitulate |
| 盲从 | máng cóng | to follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience |
| 三从四德 | sān cóng sì dé | Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 |
| 主从 | zhǔ cóng | master-slave (computing); client-server (computing); primary and secondary |
| 信从 | xìn cóng | to trust and obey |
| 从业人员 | cóng yè rén yuán | employee; person employed in a trade or profession |
| 力不从心 | lì bù cóng xīn | less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| 从…看来 | cóng kàn lai | on the basis of..., according to...; depending on... |
| 从…出发 | cóng chū fā | depart from... |
| 从…到… | cóng dào | from... to... |
| 从…起 | cóng qǐ | starting from |
| 从不/没 | cóng bù méi | never |
| 中心埋置关系从句 | zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù | center-embedded relative clauses |
| 人从 | rén cóng | retinue; hangers-on |
| 任从 | rèn cóng | at one's discretion |
| 何去何从 | hé qù hé cóng | what course to follow; what path to take |
| 依从 | yī cóng | to comply with; to obey |
| 右分枝关系从句 | yòu fēn zhī guān xì cóng jù | right branching relative clauses |
| 名从主人 | míng cóng zhǔ rén | named after (the original owner) |
| 喜从天降 | xǐ cóng tiān jiàng | joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news; unlooked-for happy event |
