| 宗 | zōng | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs; surname Zong |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective; aim; goal |
| 大宗 | dà zōng | large amount; staple; influential family of long standing |
| 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | ancestor; forebear |
| 宗室 | zōng shì | imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine |
| 宗族 | zōng zú | Chinese clan |
| 宗庙 | zōng miào | temple; ancestral shrine |
| 唐太宗 | Táng Tài zōng | Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民 (599-649), reigned 626-649 |
| 宗派 | zōng pài | sect |
| 唐玄宗 | Táng Xuán zōng | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇, reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基, reigned 712-756 |
| 宗教改革 | zōng jiào gǎi gé | (Protestant) Reformation |
| 宗派主义 | zōng pài zhǔ yì | sectarianism |
| 柳宗元 | Liǔ Zōng yuán | Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文运动 and neoclassical 复古 movements |
| 宋徽宗 | Sòng Huī zōng | Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty) |
| 广宗 | Guǎng zōng | Guangzong county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei |
| 禅宗 | chán zōng | Zen Buddhism |
| 世宗 | Shì zōng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented |
| 世宗大王 | Shì zōng dà wáng | Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented |
| 代宗 | Dài zōng | Daizong, Temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 |
| 传宗接代 | chuán zōng jiē dài | to carry on one's ancestral line |
| 光宗耀祖 | guāng zōng yào zǔ | to bring honor to one's ancestors |
| 卷宗 | juàn zōng | file; folder; dossier |
| 唐中宗 | Táng Zhōng zōng | Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲 (656-710), reigned 705-710 |
| 唐代宗 | Táng Dài zōng | Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫, reigned 762-779 |
| 唐僖宗 | Táng Xī zōng | Emperor Xizong of Tang, reign name of nineteenth Tang Emperor Li Xuan 李儇 (862-888), reigned 873-888 |
| 唐太宗李卫公问对 | Táng Tài zōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn Duì | ”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang”, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China武经七书 |
| 唐宣宗 | Táng Xuān zōng | Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱, reigned 846-859 |
| 唐德宗 | Táng Dé zōng | Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适, reigned 779-805 |
| 唐宪宗 | Táng Xiàn zōng | Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李纯 reigned 805-820 |
| 唐懿宗 | Táng Yì zōng | Emperor Yizong of Tang (833-873), reign name of eighteenth Tang emperor Li Cui 李漼, reigned 859-873 |
| 唐敬宗 | Táng Jìng zōng | Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛, reigned 825-827 |
| 唐文宗 | Táng Wén zōng | Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂, reigned 827-840 |
| 唐昭宗 | Táng Zhāo zōng | Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李晔 (867-904), reigned 888-904 |
| 唐武宗 | Táng Wǔ zōng | Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍, reigned 840-846 |
| 唐睿宗 | Táng Ruì zōng | Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712 |
| 唐穆宗 | Táng Mù zōng | Emperor Muzong of Tang (795-825), reign name of thirteenth Tang emperor 李恒 reigned 821-825 |
| 唐肃宗 | Táng Sù zōng | Emperor Suzong of Tang (711-762), reign name of eighth Tang emperor Li Heng 李亨, reigned 756-762 |
| 唐顺宗 | Táng Shùn zōng | Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761-806), reign name of eleventh Tang emperor Li Song李诵 , reigned 805-806 |
| 唐高宗 | Táng Gāo zōng | Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治 (628-683), reigned 649-683 |
| 天台宗 | Tiān tái zōng | Tiantai school of Buddhism |
| 太宗 | Tài zōng | posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty; King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 |
| 宗喀巴 | Zōng kā bā | Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格鲁派 |
| 宗师 | zōng shī | great scholar respected for learning and integrity |
| 宗教仪式 | zōng jiào yí shì | religious ceremony |
| 宗教团 | zōng jiào tuán | religious order; religious grouping |
| 宗教团体 | zōng jiào tuán tǐ | religious organization |
| 宗教学 | zōng jiào xué | religious studies |
| 宗教徒 | zōng jiào tú | adherent of religion; disciple |
| 宗教法庭 | Zōng jiào Fǎ tíng | Inquisition (religion) |
