- 探戈 tàngē tangotango dance or the accompanying music style; a loanword from Spanish and English
- 戈壁 gēbì the Gobi DesertThe vast desert region in North China and southern Mongolia.
- 伊戈尔 yīgē'ěr IgorIgor (personal name)
- 戈尔巴乔夫 gē'ěrbāqiáofū GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931–2022), the last leader of the Soviet Union.
- 戈培尔 gēpéi'ěr Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician
- 戈尔 gē'ěr GoreGore; referring specifically to Al Gore (1948-), the former US vice-president and environmental campaigner
- 倒戈 dǎogē to switch sidesto change sides in a war or conflict; to turn against one's own party; to defect
- 泰戈尔 tàigē'ěr TagoreRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Indian poet, writer, and philosopher who was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
- 大动干戈 dàdònggāngē to go to warTo go to war or get into a physical fight; literally to move ancient weapons such as shields and polearms
- 戈壁滩 gēbìtān Gobi DesertA stony desert or gravel plain, typically referring to the Gobi Desert; also refers to desert terrain consisting of bare rock, pebbles, and coarse sand.
- 金戈铁马 jīngētiěmǎ warfare(literary) golden spears and armored horses; refers to warfare or a military career
- 干戈 gāngē weapons(bound form) weapons of war; arms; specifically referring to the shield and polearm used in ancient times
- 萨拉戈萨 sàlāgēsà ZaragozaZaragoza, a city in Spain
- 戈兰高地 gēlángāodì Golan HeightsThe Golan Heights, a region in the Levant
- 戈壁沙漠 gēbìshāmò Gobi Desertthe Gobi Desert, a large desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia
- 化干戈为玉帛 huàgāngēwéiyùbó to bury the hatchetliterally "to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk"; to turn hostility into friendship or beat swords into plowshares
- 同室操戈 tóngshìcāogē internecine strifeliterally wielding the halberd within the household; originally referring to brothers fighting, now used for internal strife within any group or organization
- 反戈一击 fǎngēyījī to turn against one's own sideTo turn around one's weapon and attack the side one formerly belonged to; to switch sides and strike back at one's former allies or superiors.
- 反戈 fǎngē to turn one's weaponTo turn one's weapon against one's own side; to revolt or switch sides in a conflict.
- 兵戈 bīnggē weapons(literary) weapons; arms; weaponry
- 挥戈 huīgē to brandish weapons(literary) to brandish a spear; also used to describe leading troops into battle or fighting bravely
- 枕戈待旦 zhěngēdàidàn to remain on guard(idiom) to wait for dawn with one's head resting on a spear; to be fully prepared for battle and maintain combat readiness
- 戈比 gēbǐ kopecka unit of money used in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries, equal to one hundredth of a [[卢布|盧布|lu2 bu4]]
- 加拉帕戈斯群岛 jiālāpàgēsīqúndǎo Galapagos Islandsa group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean west of Ecuador, famous for their unique wildlife
- 弗拉门戈 fúlāméngē flamencoflamenco; the traditional dance and music style from southern Spain
- 波德戈里察 bōdégēlǐchá PodgoricaPodgorica, capital of Montenegro
- 果戈里 guǒgēlǐ Nikolai GogolNikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
- 乔戈里峰 qiáogēlǐfēng K2K2, the world's second highest mountain, located in the Karakoram Range on the border of Pakistan and China; also known as Mt. Chogir.
- 戈矛 gēmáo spears and lancesspears and lances (specifically dagger-axes and spears); (by extension) ancient weapons in general
- 伊戈尔斯 yīgē'ěrsī EaglesEagles (name)
- 戈瑞 gēruì graygray; a unit used to measure the amount of radiation energy absorbed by something
- 迪戈加西亚岛 dígējiāxīyàdǎo Diego GarciaDiego Garcia, an atoll and the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean
- 操戈 cāogē to take up armsto pick up weapons; to prepare for battle
- 布拉戈维申斯克 bùlāgēwéishēnsīkè BlagoveshchenskBlagoveshchensk, a Russian city on the border with China and the administrative center of Amur Oblast (Amur-zhou)
- 止戈为武 zhǐgēwéiwǔ to maintain peace by ending conflict(literary) stop fighting to achieve true strength; military force should be used only to maintain peace. This phrase is based on the idea that the character [[武|武|wu3]] (military/strength) is composed of [[止|止|zhi3]] (to stop) and [[戈|戈|ge1]] (dagger-axe).
- 查戈斯群岛 chágēsīqúndǎo Chagos ArchipelagoThe Chagos Archipelago, a coral island group in the tropical Indian Ocean whose largest island is [[迪戈加西亚岛|迪戈加西亞島|di2 ge1 jia1 xi1 ya4 dao3]]
- 戈雷 gēléi gray(loanword) the gray, a SI unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation (used in Taiwan)
- 戈甲戏 gējiǎxì Gaojia operaa form of traditional Chinese opera originating from Quanzhou in Fujian Province; same as [[高甲戏|高甲戲|gao1 jia3 xi4]]
- 戈斯拉尔 gēsīlā'ěr GoslarGoslar, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany
- 戈德斯通 gēdésītōng GoldstoneGoldstone; used as a foreign name
- 倒戈卸甲 dǎogēxièjiǎ to lay down armsto surrender or stop fighting; to lay down arms and take off one's armor
- 入室操戈 rùshìcāogē to use someone's own arguments against themto use a person's own methods or logic to refute them
- 兵戈扰攘 bīnggērǎorǎng turmoil of war(idiom) constant turmoil and chaos caused by warfare; a state where peace is impossible due to frequent fighting
- 动干戈 dònggāngē to take up armsto start fighting; to go to war or engage in a physical fight
- 坚戈 jiāngē tengetenge; the basic unit of currency in Kazakhstan
- 天戈 tiāngē emperor's army(literary) a term for the emperor's troops or imperial army
- 弃甲抛戈 qìjiǎpāogē to throw down one's armor and weaponsTo cast aside one's equipment and flee; indicates a crushing defeat or surrender.
- 戈壁荒滩 gēbìhuāngtān Gobi desert wastelandThe barren sands and desolate wasteland of the Gobi desert
- 戈氏岩鹀 gēshìyánwú Godlewski's bunting(bird species of China) Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH