| 1 | 悲惨 | 悲慘 | bēi cǎn | bei1 can3 | miserable; tragic | | |
| 2 | 惨 | 慘 | cǎn | can3 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | | |
| 3 | 凄惨 | 悽慘 | qī cǎn | qi1 can3 | plaintive; mournful; miserable | | |
| 4 | 惨淡无光 | 慘淡無光 | cǎn dàn wú guāng | can3 dan4 wu2 guang1 | dark without light (idiom) | | |
| 5 | 惨绿少年 | 慘綠少年 | cǎn lǜ shào nián | can3 lu:4 shao4 nian2 | a handsome young man; young people with refined manners (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 惨烈 | 慘烈 | cǎn liè | can3 lie4 | bitter; desperate | | |
| 7 | 惨况 | 慘況 | cǎn kuàng | can3 kuang4 | tragic situation; dreadful state | | |
| 8 | 月光惨淡 | 月光慘淡 | yuè guāng cǎn dàn | yue4 guang1 can3 dan4 | the faint light of the moon. (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 惨剧 | 慘劇 | cǎn jù | can3 ju4 | tragedy; calamity; atrocity | | |
| 10 | 惨境 | 慘境 | cǎn jìng | can3 jing4 | wretched situation | | |
| 11 | 惨景 | 慘景 | cǎn jǐng | can3 jing3 | wretched sight | | |
| 12 | 惨叫 | 慘叫 | cǎn jiào | can3 jiao4 | to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek | | |
| 13 | 惨祸 | 慘禍 | cǎn huò | can3 huo4 | terrible tragedy; grave mishap | | |
| 14 | 惨红 | 慘紅 | cǎn hóng | can3 hong2 | dark red | | |
| 15 | 惨毒 | 慘毒 | cǎn dú | can3 du2 | cruel; vicious | | |
| 16 | 惨淡经营 | 慘淡經營 | cǎn dàn jīng yíng | can3 dan4 jing1 ying2 | to manage by painstaking effort (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 惨淡 | 慘淡 | cǎn dàn | can3 dan4 | variant of 惨淡 ; dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort | | |
| 18 | 惨怛 | 慘怛 | cǎn dá | can3 da2 | grieved; distressed | | |
| 19 | 惨不忍言 | 慘不忍言 | cǎn bù rěn yán | can3 bu4 ren3 yan2 | to be too deplorable to describe (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 惨不忍闻 | 慘不忍聞 | cǎn bù rěn wén | can3 bu4 ren3 wen2 | too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation | | |
| 21 | 惨不忍睹 | 慘不忍睹 | cǎn bù rěn dǔ | can3 bu4 ren3 du3 | spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight; appalling scenes of devastation | | |
| 22 | 惨变 | 慘變 | cǎn biàn | can3 bian4 | disastrous turn; tragic event | | |
| 23 | 惨败 | 慘敗 | cǎn bài | can3 bai4 | to suffer a crushing defeat | | |
| 24 | 惨白 | 慘白 | cǎn bái | can3 bai2 | deathly pale | | |
| 25 | 惨案 | 慘案 | cǎn àn | can3 an4 | massacre; tragedy; Classifiers: 起 | | |