| 行列 | háng liè | formation / array / (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...") |   |
| 兵团 | bīng tuán | large military unit / formation / corps / army | |
| 队列 | duì liè | formation (of troops) / alignment / (computing) queue / cohort (in a study) | |
| 阵型 | zhèn xíng | formation (of a sports team, troops etc) | |
| 编队 | biān duì | to form into columns / to organize into teams / formation (of ships or aircraft) | |
| 队形 | duì xíng | formation | |
| 阵容 | zhèn róng | troop arrangement / battle formation / lineup (of a sports team etc) | |
| 成因 | chéng yīn | cause / factor / cause of formation | |
| 方阵 | fāng zhèn | square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix | |
| 列队 | liè duì | in formation (military) | |
| 组词 | zǔ cí | to combine words / word formation | |
| 战斗群 | zhàn dòu qún | battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier | |
| 严整 | yán zhěng | (of troops) in neat formation / (fig.) orderly | |
| 词法 | cí fǎ | morphology (linguistics) / word formation and inflection | |
| 长蛇阵 | cháng shé zhèn | single-line formation (army) / fig. long line | |
| 横队 | héng duì | row / horizontal troop formation | |
| 成骨 | chéng gǔ | bone formation / osteogenesis | |
| 排舞 | pái wǔ | a dance in formation / choreographed dance / line dance | |
| 梯次队形 | tī cì duì xíng | echelon formation (military) | |
| 烏魯汝 | wū lǔ rǔ | Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock | |
| 组字 | zǔ zì | word formation | |
| 军阵 | jūn zhèn | battle formation | |
| 乌鲁汝 | Wū lǔ rǔ | Uluru, iconic large rock formation in central Australia, sacred to Aboriginals, a World Heritage Site / also known as Ayers Rock | |
| 人口统计研究训练所 | rén kǒu tǒng jì yán jiū xùn liàn suǒ | Institut de formation et de recherche démographiques | |
| 组建莫桑比克国防军联合委员会 | | Joint Commission for the Formation of the Mozambican Defence Force | |
| 非洲职业训练发展中心 | | Centre interafricain pour le développement de la formation professionelle | |
| 青少年及妇女培训和社会安置协会 | | Association pour la formation et l'insertion sociale de l'adolescent et de la femme | |
| 发展研究训练中心 | | Centre de Formation Études et Recherches pour le Développement | |
| 资本形成总额 | zī běn xíng chéng zǒng é | gross capital formation | |
| 总资本形成 | zǒng zī běn xíng chéng | gross capital formation | |
| 订立国际货物销售合同统一法 | dìng lì guó jì huò wù xiāo shòu hé tòng tǒng yī fǎ | Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods | |
| 国际货物买卖合同成立统一法公约 | | Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods | |
| 改革和训练促进发展与和平协会 | | Innovation et Formation pour le Développement et la Paix | |
| 早组成家庭 | | early family formation | |
| 固定资产形成总值 | | gross fixed capital formation | |
| 资本形成工作组 | | Working Group on Capital Formation | |
| 国际训练教育组织 | | Groupement international pour la formation et l'education | |
| 组建武装部队联合委员会 | | Joint Commission for the Formation of the Armed Forces | |
| 教育和专业培训部 | | Ministère de l'éducation et de la formation professionnelle | |
| 造型跳伞 | zào xíng tiào sǎn | formation skydiving | |
| 义译 | yì yì | formation of a loanword using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yin1 yi4]) (e.g. 超文本[chao1 wen2 ben3], 火車|火车[huo3 che1]) | |
| 鱼丽 | yú lì | "fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind / The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing) | |
| 鱼丽阵 | yú lì zhèn | (archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots | |
| 音意合译 | yīn yì hé yì | formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋[bing1 qi2 lin2], 朗姆酒[lang3 mu3 jiu3], 奶昔[nai3 xi1] and 米老鼠[Mi3 Lao3 shu3]) | |
