| 先生们 | xiān sheng men | gentlemen |  |
| 诸公 | zhū gōng | gentlemen (form of address) | |
| 几位 | jǐ wèi | several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! | |
| 诸位 | zhū wèi | (pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs |  |
| 诸君 | zhū jūn | Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen! | |
| 列位 | liè wèi | ladies and gentlemen / all of you present | |
| 谭嗣同 | Tán Sì tóng | Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 / of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 君子之交 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo | friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) | |
| 刘光第 | Liú Guāng dì | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 各位听众 | gè wèi tīng zhòng | Ladies and Gentlemen (on radio) / Dear Listeners... | |
| 各位观众 | gè wèi guān zhòng | Ladies and Gentlemen (on TV) / Dear Viewers... | |
| 康广仁 | Kāng Guǎng rén | Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 / of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 戊戌六君子 | Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4] | |
| 林旭 | Lín Xù | Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 杨深秀 | Yáng Shēn xiù | Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 杨锐 | Yáng Ruì | Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 / of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News | |
