| 1 | 灾难 | 災難 | zāi nàn | zai1 nan4 | disaster; catastrophe | | |
| 2 | 灾害 | 災害 | zāi hài | zai1 hai4 | calamity; disaster; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 灾 | 災 | zāi | zai1 | disaster; calamity; old variant of 灾 ; variant of 灾 | | |
| 4 | 火灾 | 火災 | huǒ zāi | huo3 zai1 | fire (that burns buildings etc) | | |
| 5 | 自然灾害 | 自然災害 | zì rán zāi hài | zi4 ran2 zai1 hai4 | natural disaster | | |
| 6 | 灾区 | 災區 | zāi qū | zai1 qu1 | disaster area; stricken region | | |
| 7 | 救灾 | 救災 | jiù zāi | jiu4 zai1 | to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims | | |
| 8 | 受灾 | 受災 | shòu zāi | shou4 zai1 | disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity | | |
| 9 | 灾民 | 災民 | zāi mín | zai1 min2 | victim (of a disaster) | | |
| 10 | 蝗灾 | 蝗災 | huáng zāi | huang2 zai1 | plague of locusts | | |
| 11 | 鬼蜮为灾 | 鬼蜮為災 | guǐ yù wéi zāi | gui3 yu4 wei2 zai1 | This calamity was caused by evil spirits. (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 抗灾 | 抗災 | kàng zāi | kang4 zai1 | defense against natural disasters | | |
| 13 | 救灾物资 | 救災物資 | jiù zāi wù zī | jiu4 zai1 wu4 zi1 | relief provisions; material assistance | | |
| 14 | 救灾款 | 救災款 | jiù zāi kuǎn | jiu4 zai1 kuan3 | disaster relief funds | | |
| 15 | 减灾 | 減災 | jiǎn zāi | jian3 zai1 | to take measures to mitigate the impact of disasters (including prevention, preparation, and support for stricken communities) | | |
| 16 | 回禄之灾 | 回祿之災 | huí lù zhī zāi | hui2 lu4 zhi1 zai1 | to have one's house burned down; fire disaster | | |
| 17 | 洪灾 | 洪災 | hóng zāi | hong2 zai1 | flood | | |
| 18 | 股灾 | 股災 | gǔ zāi | gu3 zai1 | market crash | | |
| 19 | 福过灾生 | 福過災生 | fú guò zāi shēng | fu2 guo4 zai1 sheng1 | When fortune passes, misfortune follows. (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 风灾 | 風災 | fēng zāi | feng1 zai1 | damaging storm; destructive typhoon | | |
| 21 | 防灾 | 防災 | fáng zāi | fang2 zai1 | disaster prevention; to protect against natural disasters | | |
| 22 | 泛滥成灾 | 泛濫成災 | fàn làn chéng zāi | fan4 lan4 cheng2 zai1 | lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions | | |
| 23 | 大灾 | 大災 | dà zāi | da4 zai1 | calamity; catastrophe | | |
| 24 | 次生灾害 | 次生災害 | cì shēng zāi hài | ci4 sheng1 zai1 hai4 | secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods) | | |
| 25 | 成灾 | 成災 | chéng zāi | cheng2 zai1 | disastrous; to turn into a disaster | | |