- 盘杠子 pángàngzi to exercise on a barto perform gymnastic exercises or tricks on a horizontal bar
- 抬杠子 táigàngzi to bicker(dialect) to argue pointlessly; to wrangle for the sake of arguing; same as [[抬杠|抬杠|tai2 gang4]]
- 插杠子 chāgàngzi to meddleTo interfere or meddle in something that does not concern oneself; to butt in.