| 殘 | [ cán ] to destroy, to spoil, to ruin, to injure, cruel, oppressive, savage, brutal, incomplete, disabled, to remain, to survive, remnant, surplus |
| 殘兵敗將 | [ cán bīng baì jiàng ] ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants |
| 殘冬臘月 | [ cán dōng là yuè ] final days of the lunar year |
| 殘卷 | [ cán juàn ] surviving section of a classic work, remaining chapters (while reading a book) |
| 殘品 | [ cán pǐn ] defective goods |
| 殘喘 | [ cán chuǎn ] remaining breath, last gasp |
| 殘垣 | [ cán yuán ] (literary) ruined walls, ruins |
| 殘垣敗壁 | [ cán yuán baì bì ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| 殘垣斷壁 | [ cán yuán duàn bì ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| 殘奧 | [ cán aò ] Paralympics, same as Paralympic Games 殘奧會|残奥会[Can2 Ao4 hui4] |
| 殘奧會 | [ cán aò huì ] Paralympic Games |
| 殘存 | [ cán cún ] to survive, remnant |
| 殘害 | [ cán haì ] to injure, to devastate, to slaughter |
| 殘局 | [ cán jú ] endgame (in chess), desperate situation, aftermath (of a failure) |
| 殘年短景 | [ cán nián duǎn jǐng ] at the end of the year (idiom) |
| 殘廢 | [ cán feì ] deformity, handicapped |
| 殘忍 | [ cán rěn ] cruel, mean, merciless, ruthless |
| 殘念 | [ cán niàn ] (coll.) to regret, what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen") |
| 殘敗 | [ cán baì ] dilapidated, in ruins |
| 殘敵 | [ cán dí ] defeated enemy |
| 殘暴 | [ cán baò ] brutal, vicious, ruthless |
| 殘月 | [ cán yuè ] waning moon |
| 殘本 | [ cán běn ] extant fragment (of book) |
| 殘株 | [ cán zhū ] stubble |
| 殘次品 | [ cán cì pǐn ] defective goods |
| 殘殺 | [ cán shā ] to massacre, to slaughter |
| 殘殺者 | [ cán shā zhě ] killer, butcher, slaughterer |
| 殘毒 | [ cán dú ] cruelty |
| 殘民害物 | [ cán mín haì wù ] to harm people and damage property (idiom) |
| 殘渣 | [ cán zhā ] remainder, filtered out residue, sediment, waste product, debris, detritus, rubbish |
| 殘渣餘孽 | [ cán zhā yú niè ] evil elements who have escaped eradication |
| 殘留 | [ cán liú ] to remain, left over, surplus, remnant |
| 殘留物 | [ cán liú wù ] remnant, residue, material left over |
| 殘疾 | [ cán jí ] disabled, handicapped, deformity on a person or animal |
| 殘疾人 | [ cán jí rén ] disabled person |
| 殘疾兒 | [ cán jí ér ] a child with a birth defect, a deformed child |
| 殘破 | [ cán pò ] broken, dilapidated |
| 殘缺 | [ cán quē ] badly damaged, shattered |
| 殘羹 | [ cán gēng ] leftovers from a meal |
| 殘羹剩飯 | [ cán gēng shèng fàn ] leftovers from a meal, fig. remnants handed down from others |
| 殘膜 | [ cán mó ] leftover agricultural plastic (as waste or rubbish that needs to be disposed of or recycled) |
| 殘花敗柳 | [ cán huā baì liǔ ] broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman |
| 殘茶剩飯 | [ cán chá shèng fàn ] spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal, crumbs from the feast |
| 殘莖 | [ cán jīng ] stubble (the stems of plants after harvest) |
| 殘虐 | [ cán nvè ] mistreatment, bullying, tyrannical cruelty |
| 殘部 | [ cán bù ] defeated remnants, scattered survivors |
| 殘酷 | [ cán kù ] cruel, cruelty |
| 殘酷無情 | [ cán kù wú qíng ] cruel and unfeeling (idiom) |
| 殘障 | [ cán zhàng ] handicapped |
| 殘餘 | [ cán yú ] remnant, relic, residue, vestige, surplus, to remain, to leave surplus |
| 殘餘沾染 | [ cán yú zhān rǎn ] residual contamination |
| 殘餘物 | [ cán yú wù ] litter, trash |
| 殘香 | [ cán xiāng ] lingering fragrance |
| 殘骸 | [ cán haí ] remains, wreckage |
| ⇒ 中國殘疾人聯合會 | [ zhōng guó cán jí rén lián hé huì ] China Disabled Persons' Federation |
| ⇒ 中國殘聯 | [ zhōng guó cán lián ] China Disabled Persons' Federation (abbr. for 中國殘疾人聯合會|中国残疾人联合会[Zhong1 guo2 Can2 ji2 ren2 Lian2 he2 hui4]) |
| ⇒ 保殘守缺 | [ baǒ cán shoǔ quē ] conservative, to preserve the outmoded |
| ⇒ 傷殘 | [ shāng cán ] disabled, maimed, crippled, (of objects) damaged |
| ⇒ 傷殘人員 | [ shāng cán rén yuán ] the injured, wounded personnel |
| ⇒ 兇殘 | [ xiōng cán ] savage, cruel, fierce |
| ⇒ 冬殘奧會 | [ dōng cán aò huì ] Winter Paralympics |
| ⇒ 凶殘 | [ xiōng cán ] savage |
| ⇒ 助殘 | [ zhù cán ] to help people with disabilities |
| ⇒ 手殘 | [ shoǔ cán ] (coll.) klutz |
| ⇒ 抱殘守缺 | [ baò cán shoǔ quē ] to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative, stickler for tradition |
| ⇒ 摧殘 | [ cuī cán ] to ravage, to ruin |
| ⇒ 收拾殘局 | [ shoū shi cán jú ] to clear up the mess, to pick up the pieces |
| ⇒ 收殘綴軼 | [ shoū cán zhuì yì ] to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom) |
| ⇒ 敗柳殘花 | [ baì liǔ cán huā ] broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman |
| ⇒ 斷垣殘壁 | [ duàn yuán cán bì ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| ⇒ 斷壁殘垣 | [ duàn bì cán yuán ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| ⇒ 斷瓦殘垣 | [ duàn wǎ cán yuán ] the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated |
| ⇒ 殫殘 | [ dān cán ] to destroy |
| ⇒ 灰巖殘丘 | [ huī yán cán qiū ] mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform) |
| ⇒ 病殘 | [ bìng cán ] sick or disabled, invalid, disability |
| ⇒ 老殘遊記 | [ laǒ cán yoú jì ] The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[Liu2 E4] |
| ⇒ 腦殘 | [ naǒ cán ] moronic, brainless, bonehead, retard |
| ⇒ 腦殘粉 | [ naǒ cán fěn ] (slang) fanboy, fangirl |
| ⇒ 自殘 | [ zì cán ] to mutilate oneself, self-harm |
| ⇒ 自相殘殺 | [ zì xiāng cán shā ] to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife |
| ⇒ 致殘 | [ zhì cán ] to be crippled (in an accident etc) |
| ⇒ 苟延殘喘 | [ goǔ yán cán chuǎn ] to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) |
| ⇒ 風燭殘年 | [ fēng zhú cán nián ] one's late days, to have one foot in the grave |
| ⇒ 骨肉相殘 | [ gǔ roù xiāng cán ] close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife |