| 坦克 | tǎn kè | tank (military vehicle) (loanword) |   |
| 战车 | zhàn chē | war chariot / tank | |
| 坦克车 | tǎn kè chē | tank (armored vehicle) | |
| 摆烂 | bǎi làn | (neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed) / to let it all go to hell / (sports) to tank | |
| 肉盾 | ròu dùn | human shield / (gaming) tank / meat shield | |
| 背心 | bèi xīn | sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:件[jian4] | |
| 水箱 | shuǐ xiāng | water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo | |
| 油箱 | yóu xiāng | oil tank | |
| 鱼缸 | yú gāng | fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium | |
| 全胜 | quán shèng | total victory / to excel by far / name of a tank / slam | |
| 水族箱 | shuǐ zú xiāng | aquarium / fish tank | |
| 张华 | Zhāng Huà | Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention | |
| 气瓶 | qì píng | gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) | |
| 主战坦克 | zhǔ zhàn tǎn kè | main battle tank / battle tank | |
| 智囊团 | zhì náng tuán | think tank / brain trust | |
| 化粪池 | huà fèn chí | septic tank | |
| 罐车 | guàn chē | (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car / tank wagon | |
| 油船 | yóu chuán | (oil) tanker / tank ship | |
| 搅拌车 | | agitated tank / agitated vessel | |
| 沉淀池 | chén diàn chí | settling tank | |
| 反应锅 | fǎn yìng guō | (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank | |
| 储气罐 | chǔ qì guàn | gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) | |
| 搅拌罐 | jiǎo bàn guàn | agitated tank / agitated vessel | |
| 破竹建瓴 | pò zhú jiàn líng | lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom) / fig. irresistible force | |
| 燃油舱 | rán yóu cāng | oil tank (of ship) | |
| 智囊机构 | zhì náng jī gòu | think tank / brain trust | |
| 储水箱 | chǔ shuǐ xiāng | water-storage tank | |
| 思想库 | sī xiǎng kù | think tank | |
| 智库 | zhì kù | think tank / intellectual resource | |
| 油塔 | yóu tǎ | oil tank | |
| 洗涤槽 | xǐ dí cáo | washing tank / sink | |
| 养鱼缸 | yǎng yú gāng | aquarium / fish tank | |
| 汗背心 | hàn bèi xīn | tank top / sleeveless undershirt | |
| 油脂罐 | yóu zhī guàn | grease tank | |
| 油脂桶 | yóu zhī tǒng | grease tank | |
| 油脂槽 | yóu zhī cáo | grease tank | |
| 扫雷坦克 | | flail tank | |
| 运水车 | | water tank truck / water truck | |
| 调节槽 | | adjust tank | |
| 熄焦储水槽 | xī jiāo chǔ shuǐ cáo | quench tank | |
| 骤冷槽 | zhòu lěng cáo | quench tank | |
| 淬火槽 | cuì huǒ cáo | quench tank | |
| 燃料箱，燃油箱 | | fuel tank | |
| 中型坦克 | | medium tank | |
| 坦克纵队 | | tank column | |
| 真空室，真空箱 | | separator tank / vacuum chamber | |
| 喷洒桶 | | spray tank | |
| 破坏铁丝网坦克 | pò huài tiě sī wǎng tǎn kè | wire-cutting tank | |
| T-55型坦克 | T-xíng tǎn kè | T-55 tank | |
| 沉降槽 | | settling tank | |
| 沉降罐 | | settling tank | |
| 曩式容器 | nǎng shì róng qì | bladder tank / collapsible bladder / bladder / flexible tank / flexitank / collapsible drum / blivet | |
| 架桥坦克 | jià qiáo tǎn kè | bridge tank | |
| 坦克运输车 | | tank transporter / tank carrier | |
| 燃料储存所 | rán liào chǔ cún suǒ | fuel holding farm / fuel farm / tank farm | |
| 分隔压载水舱 | | segregated ballast tank | |
| 外部推进剂储箱 | wài bù tuī jìn jì chǔ xiāng | External Tank | |
| 油箱和计量设备 | | petrol tank with metering equipment | |
| 国际减少自然灾害十年智库会议 | | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Think Tank meeting | |
| 中型排雷坦克 | | medium mine clearing tank | |
| 回收坦克 | | recovery tank / wrecker tank | |
| 抢修坦克 | | recovery tank / wrecker tank | |
| 排雷坦克 | | mine-clearing tank | |
| 焚烧箱 | | burning tank | |
| 防坦克障碍物 | | tank stop | |
| 塌房 | tā fáng | (neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal | |
| 张华 | Zhāng Huá | Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention | |
| 内胆 | nèi dǎn | inner container (e.g. the rice pot inside a rice cooker, the vacuum bottle inside a thermos, the tank inside a hot water heater, the bladder of a football) | |
