| 开学 | kāi xué | (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term |
| 创立 | chuàng lì | to establish; to set up; to found |
| 创办 | chuàng bàn | to establish; to found |
| 创建 | chuàng jiàn | to found; to establish |
| 儒家 | Rú jiā | Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC) |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish / to set up / to found |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct |
| 开创 | kāi chuàng | to initiate; to start; to found |
| 字节跳动 | Zì jié Tiào dòng | ByteDance, Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012 |
| 工人日报 | Gōng rén Rì bào | Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949 |
| 遍布 | biàn bù | to cover the whole (area) / to be found throughout |
| 万科 | Wàn kē | Vanke, large Chinese real estate company, founded in 1984 |
| 建树 | jiàn shù | to make a contribution / to establish / to found / contribution |
| 李开复 | Lǐ Kāi fù | Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009 |
| 优步 | Yōu bù | Uber, app-based taxi company founded in 2009 |
| 到处可见 | dào chù kě jiàn | ubiquitous / commonplace / found everywhere |
| 中山大学 | Zhōng shān Dà xué | Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists |
| 恒大 | Héng dà | China Evergrande Group, or simply Evergrande, Chinese property developer founded in 1996 (abbr. for 恒大集團|恒大集团[Heng2 da4 Ji2 tuan2]) / Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) (abbr. for 香港恒生大學|香港恒生大学[Xiang1 gang3 Heng2 sheng1 Da4 xue2]) |
| 腾讯 | Téng xùn | Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998 |
| 小米 | Xiǎo mǐ | Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010 |
| 大公报 | Dà gōng Bào | Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong |
| 发起人 | fā qǐ rén | proposer / initiator / founding member |
| 创始 | chuàng shǐ | to initiate; to found |
| 吴国 | Wú guó | Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms |
| 建党 | jiàn dǎng | party-founding |