| 张 | zhāng | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes; surname Zhang |
| 主张 | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:个 |
| 紧张 | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce; CL:阵 |
| 扩张 | kuò zhāng | expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden |
| 张力 | zhāng lì | tension |
| 张之洞 | Zhāng Zhī dòng | Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing |
| 表面张力 | biǎo miàn zhāng lì | surface tension |
| 纸张 | zhǐ zhāng | paper |
| 夸张 | kuā zhāng | to exaggerate; vaunted; overstated; exaggerated |
| 张角 | Zhāng Jué | Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han |
| 张望 | zhāng wàng | to peep (through a crack); to look around |
| 张华 | Zhāng Huà | Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention |
| 张献忠 | Zhāng Xiàn zhōng | Zhang Xianzhong |
| 慌张 | huāng zhāng | confused; flustered |
| 张口 | zhāng kǒu | to gape; to yawn; to open one's mouth; to start speaking; to talk carelessly; to talk out of place |
| 张贴 | zhāng tiē | to post (a notice); to advertise |
| 伸张 | shēn zhāng | to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote |
| 嚣张 | xiāo zhāng | rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive |
| 开张 | kāi zhāng | open a business; first transaction of a business day |
| 大张旗鼓 | dà zhāng qí gǔ | fanfare |
| 张作霖 | Zhāng Zuò lín | Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 |
| 张家口 | Zhāng jiā kǒu | Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei |
| 明目张胆 | míng mù zhāng dǎn | openly and without fear; brazenly |
| 张伯伦 | Zhāng bó lún | Chamberlain |
| 张骞 | Zhāng Qiān | Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC |
| 张衡 | Zhāng Héng | Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician |
| 铺张浪费 | pū zhāng làng fèi | extravagance and waste (idiom) |
| 更张 | gēng zhāng | lit. to restring one's bow; to reform and start over again |
| 声张 | shēng zhāng | to make public; to disclose |
| 舒张 | shū zhāng | to relax (of muscle) |
| 张宝 | Zhāng Bǎo | Zhang Bao |
| 张目 | zhāng mù | to open one's eyes wide |
| 张罗 | zhāng luo | to attend to; to get busy about; to raise money; to greet guests |
| 东张西望 | dōng zhāng xī wàng | to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around |
| 乖张 | guāi zhāng | recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish |
| 修道张 | xiū dào zhāng | abbot |
| 做张做势 | zuò zhāng zuò shì | to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics |
| 做张做智 | zuò zhāng zuò zhì | to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics |
| 剑拔弩张 | jiàn bá nǔ zhāng | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn |
| 嚣张气焰 | xiāo zhāng qì yàn | overweening attitude; threatening manner |
| 大张挞伐 | dà zhāng tà fá | to attack on a grand scale |
| 大张声势 | dà zhāng shēng shì | to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity |
| 失张失智 | shī zhāng shī zhì | out of one's mind |
| 女修道张 | nǚ xiū dào zhāng | abbess |
| 尾张国 | Wěi zhāng guó | Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya |
| 帆张风满 | fān zhāng fēng mǎn | sails unfurling in the wind (idiom) |
| 张三 | Zhāng Sān | John Doe; Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 张三李四 | Zhāng sān Lǐ sì | Zhang and Li (idiom); Zhang with tight trousers and Li with wide hat; Tom, Dick and Harry |
张三，
李四，
王五，
赵六 | Zhāng sān ,
Lǐ sì ,
Wáng wǔ ,
Zhào liù | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 张丹 | Zhāng Dān | Zhang Dan |
