| zāi | disaster/calamity |
| 灾 | disaster calamity |
| 灾区 | disaster area stricken region |
| 灾变 | catastrophe cataclysmic change |
| 灾变论 | catastrophism the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood |
| 灾变说 | catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood) |
| 灾后 | after a catastrophe post-traumatic |
| 灾场 | disaster area scene of accident |
| 灾害 | disastrous damage scourge CL:個|个 |
| 灾害链 | series of calamities disaster following on disaster |
| 灾年 | bad year |
| 灾异 | Natural calamity and some peculiar natural phenomena, such as landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis. |
| 灾患 | calamity; disaster |
| 灾情 | disastrous situation calamity |
| 灾星 | comet or supernova viewed as evil portent |
| 灾歉 | crop failure due to natural disasters |
| 灾殃 | disaster |
| 灾民 | victim (of a disaster) |
| 灾祸 | disaster |
| 灾荒 | natural disaster famine |
| 灾难 | disaster catastrophe |