| 1 | 惨 | 慘 | cǎn | can3 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | | |
| 2 | 惨死 | 慘死 | cǎn sǐ | can3 si3 | to die tragically; to meet with a violent death | | |
| 3 | 惨绝人寰 | 慘絕人寰 | cǎn jué rén huán | can3 jue2 ren2 huan2 | extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality | | |
| 4 | 惨况 | 慘況 | cǎn kuàng | can3 kuang4 | tragic situation; dreadful state | | |
| 5 | 惨烈 | 慘烈 | cǎn liè | can3 lie4 | bitter; desperate | | |
| 6 | 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) | | |
| 7 | 惨然 | 慘然 | cǎn rán | can3 ran2 | grieved; distressed | | |
| 8 | 惨杀 | 慘殺 | cǎn shā | can3 sha1 | to slaughter; to kill mercilessly | | |
| 9 | 惨事 | 慘事 | cǎn shì | can3 shi4 | disaster | | |
| 10 | 惨境 | 慘境 | cǎn jìng | can3 jing4 | wretched situation | | |
| 11 | 惨痛 | 慘痛 | cǎn tòng | can3 tong4 | bitter; painful; deeply distressed | | |
| 12 | 惨无人道 | 慘無人道 | cǎn wú rén dào | can3 wu2 ren2 dao4 | inhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling | | |
| 13 | 惨笑 | 慘笑 | cǎn xiào | can3 xiao4 | bitter smile | | |
| 14 | 惨遭 | 慘遭 | cǎn zāo | can3 zao1 | to suffer (defeat, death etc) | | |
| 15 | 惨遭不幸 | 慘遭不幸 | cǎn zāo bù xìng | can3 zao1 bu4 xing4 | to meet with disaster; to die tragically | | |
| 16 | 惨遭杀害 | 慘遭殺害 | cǎn zāo shā hài | can3 zao1 sha1 hai4 | to be killed in a cruel way (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 惨重 | 慘重 | cǎn zhòng | can3 zhong4 | disastrous | | |
| 18 | 惨状 | 慘狀 | cǎn zhuàng | can3 zhuang4 | devastation; miserable condition | | |
| 19 | 惨澹 | 慘澹 | cǎn dàn | can3 dan4 | dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort; variant of 惨淡 | | |
| 20 | 惨案 | 慘案 | cǎn àn | can3 an4 | massacre; tragedy; Classifiers: 起 | | |
| 21 | 惨白 | 慘白 | cǎn bái | can3 bai2 | deathly pale | | |
| 22 | 惨败 | 慘敗 | cǎn bài | can3 bai4 | to suffer a crushing defeat | | |
| 23 | 惨变 | 慘變 | cǎn biàn | can3 bian4 | disastrous turn; tragic event | | |
| 24 | 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 | | |
| 25 | 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 | | |