| cǎn | miserable/wretched/cruel/inhuman/seriously/badly/tragic |
| 惨 | miserable wretched cruel |
| 惨不忍睹 | spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight appalling scenes of devastation |
| 惨不忍闻 | too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle appalling scenes of devastation |
| 惨事 | disaster |
| 惨况 | tragic situation dreadful state |
| 惨切 | Sad. |
| 惨剧 | tragedy calamity atrocity |
| 惨厉 | miserable; desolate |
| 惨变 | disastrous turn tragic event |
| 惨叫 | to scream blood-curdling screech miserable shriek |
| 惨嚎 | To cry out in misery. |
| 惨境 | wretched situation |
| 惨怛 | grieved distressed |
| 惨戚 | Sad. |
| 惨无人道 | inhuman (idiom) brutal and unfeeling |
| 惨无天日 | full of suffering |
| 惨景 | wretched sight |
| 惨杀 | to slaughter to kill mercilessly |
| 惨案 | massacre tragedy CL:起 |
| 惨死 | to die tragically to violently die |