- 三十六 sānshíliù thirty-six
- 三十六计 sānshíliùjì Thirty-Six StratagemsThe collective name for a famous set of Chinese military and political tactics; also used to mean all possible schemes or a wide variety of tricks. The final and most well-known tactic in this set is [[走为上计|走為上計|zou3 wei2 shang4 ji4]].
- 六十六 liùshíliù sixty-sixthe number sixty-six
- 山本五十六 shānběnwǔshíliù Yamamoto IsorokuYamamoto Isoroku (1884–1943), a prominent Japanese admiral during World War II
- 十六进制 shíliùjìnzhì hexadecimalhexadecimal numeric system; base sixteen
- 三十六行 sānshíliùháng all walks of lifeall sorts of occupations; every conceivable line of work
- 十六位元 shíliùwèiyuán 16-bit16-bit; specifically referring to computer data or architecture consisting of 16 bits
- 十六分音符 shíliùfēnyīnfú sixteenth notesixteenth note; semiquaver
- 十六国 shíliùguó Sixteen Kingdomsthe Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439 AD), a series of short-lived states established in northern China and Sichuan by various ethnic groups; also written as [[五胡十六国|五胡十六國|wu3 hu2 shi2 liu4 guo2]]
- 十六国春秋 shíliùguóchūnqiū Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen KingdomsA historical work in 100 volumes by Cui Hong of the Northern Wei dynasty, recording the history of the sixteen kingdoms that existed in northern China from 304 to 439 AD. Although the original was lost, parts of the text survive through later citations and collections.
- 十六字心传 shíliùzìxīnchuán the sixteen-character mantraA set of sixteen characters from the Classic of History regarded by Neo-Confucianists like [[朱熹|朱熹|zhu1 xi1]] as the core ethical and political teachings passed down between the ancient sage kings Yao, Shun, and Yu.
- 十六字诀 shíliùzìjué 16-character formulaA sixteen-character mantra, especially the one used by Mao Zedong to describe guerrilla warfare tactics.
- 十六开 shíliùkāi sixteenmoPrinting format where a standard sheet is folded to one-sixteenth its size; 16mo
- 十六摄 shíliùshè sixteen rhyme groupsthe sixteen major classes of rhymes in Middle Chinese phonology used to categorize various syllable endings
- 十六烷值 shíliùwánzhí cetane numbermeasure of the ignition quality of diesel fuel
- 十六进位 shíliùjìnwèi hexadecimalhexadecimal system; a base-16 numbering system commonly used in computer science and programming
- 本笃十六世 běndǔshíliùshì Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), served as the head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013
- 三十六天罡 sānshíliùtiāngāng Thirty-Six Heavenly SpiritsThe thirty-six deities or stars of the Big Dipper in Taoism; also used in literature to represent the thirty-six leaders of the Liangshan Marsh in the novel "Water Margin"
- 三十六字母 sānshíliùzìmǔ thirty-six initial consonantsA set of thirty-six representative characters used to denote the initial consonant sounds of Chinese during the Tang and Song dynasties.
- 三十六计，走为上策 sānshíliùjìzǒuwéishàngcè of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to fleeUsed when a situation has become hopeless or unmanageable to suggest that leaving or running away is the best course of action; also written as [[三十六计，走为上计|三十六計，走為上計|san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 zou3 wei2 shang4 ji4]].
- 三十六计，走为上计 sānshíliùjìzǒuwéishàngjì fleeing is the best optionThe best thing to do when a situation is hopeless is to leave; of the thirty-six stratagems, running away is the best one.
- 二十六史 èrshíliùshǐ Twenty-Six History BooksThe collective name for the [[二十五史|二十五史|er4 shi2 wu3 shi3]] and the [[清史稿|清史稿|qing1 shi3 gao3]].
- 五胡十六国 wǔhúshíliùguó Sixteen Kingdomsthe Sixteen Kingdoms period (304–439 AD), a time of political fragmentation in Northern China involving five non-Han ethnic groups including the [[匈奴|匈奴|xiong1 nu2]], [[鲜卑|鮮卑|xian1 bei1]], [[羯|羯|jie2]], [[氐|氐|di1]], and [[羌|羌|qiang1]]
