| 1 | 坎坷 | 坎坷 | kǎn kě | kan3 ke3 | bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | | |
| 2 | 坎肩儿 | 坎肩兒 | kǎn jiān r | kan3 jian1 r5 | erhua variant of 坎肩 | | |
| 3 | 尤坎 | 尤坎 | yóu kǎn | You2 kan3 | Rjukan (city in Norway) | | |
| 4 | 坎儿井 | 坎兒井 | kǎn r jǐng | kan3 r5 jing3 | karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) | | |
| 5 | 坎儿 | 坎兒 | kǎn r | kan3 r5 | critical juncture; key moment | | |
| 6 | 坎培拉 | 坎培拉 | kǎn péi lā | Kan3 pei2 la1 | Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw) | | |
| 7 | 坎帕拉 | 坎帕拉 | kǎn pà lā | Kan3 pa4 la1 | Kampala, capital of Uganda | | |
| 8 | 坎壈 | 坎壈 | kǎn lǎn | kan3 lan3 | to meet with misfortune | | |
| 9 | 坎昆 | 坎昆 | kǎn kūn | Kan3 kun1 | Cancún | | |
| 10 | 坎坷多舛 | 坎坷多舛 | kǎn kě duō chuǎn | kan3 ke3 duo1 chuan3 | full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life) | | |
| 11 | 坎坷不遇 | 坎坷不遇 | kǎn kě bù yù | kan3 ke3 bu4 yu4 | to have met with many difficulties but few opportunities (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 坎坷不平 | 坎坷不平 | kǎn kě bù píng | kan3 ke3 bu4 ping2 | potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes | | |
| 13 | 坎坎 | 坎坎 | kǎn kǎn | kan3 kan3 | (dialect) just now | | |
| 14 | 阿尔坎塔拉 | 阿爾坎塔拉 | ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā | A1 er3 kan3 ta3 la1 | Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain; Alcantara, Brazil space launch site | | |
| 15 | 坎肩 | 坎肩 | kǎn jiān | kan3 jian1 | sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat | | |
| 16 | 坎德拉 | 坎德拉 | kǎn dé lā | kan3 de2 la1 | candela (unit of luminosity); standard candle | | |
| 17 | 坎大哈省 | 坎大哈省 | kǎn dà hā shěng | Kan3 da4 ha1 sheng3 | Kandahar province of Afghanistan | | |
| 18 | 坎大哈 | 坎大哈 | kǎn dà hā | Kan3 da4 ha1 | Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan) | | |
| 19 | 坎城 | 坎城 | kǎn chéng | Kan3 cheng2 | Cannes, France (Tw) | | |
| 20 | 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 | 坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠 | kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ | Kan3 bei4 er3 zhu1 ru2 cang1 shu3 | Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) | | |
| 21 | 坎贝尔 | 坎貝爾 | kǎn bèi ěr | Kan3 bei4 er3 | Campbell (name) | | |
| 22 | 坎 | 坎 | kǎn | kan3 | old variant of 坎 ; pit; hole; pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing water; ☵ | | |
| 23 | 赤坎区 | 赤坎區 | chì kǎn qū | Chi4 kan3 qu1 | Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 , Guangdong | | |
| 24 | 赤坎 | 赤坎 | chì kǎn | Chi4 kan3 | Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 , Guangdong | | |
| 25 | 布坎南 | 布坎南 | bù kǎn nán | Bu4 kan3 nan2 | Buchanan (surname) | | |