| 災 | [ zaī ] disaster, calamity |
| 災區 | [ zaī qū ] disaster area, stricken region |
| 災厄 | [ zaī è ] adversity, catastrophe, disaster |
| 災場 | [ zaī chǎng ] disaster area, scene of accident |
| 災害 | [ zaī haì ] calamity, disaster, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 災害鏈 | [ zaī haì liàn ] series of calamities, disaster following on disaster |
| 災後 | [ zaī hoù ] after a catastrophe, post-traumatic |
| 災情 | [ zaī qíng ] disastrous situation, calamity |
| 災星 | [ zaī xīng ] comet or supernova viewed as evil portent |
| 災殃 | [ zaī yāng ] disaster |
| 災民 | [ zaī mín ] victim (of a disaster) |
| 災禍 | [ zaī huò ] disaster |
| 災荒 | [ zaī huāng ] natural disaster, famine |
| 災變 | [ zaī biàn ] catastrophe, cataclysmic change |
| 災變說 | [ zaī biàn shuō ] catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood) |
| 災變論 | [ zaī biàn lùn ] catastrophism, the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood |
| 災難 | [ zaī nàn ] disaster, catastrophe |
| 災難性 | [ zaī nàn xìng ] catastrophic |
| 災難片 | [ zaī nàn piàn ] disaster movie |
| ⇒ 受災 | [ shoù zaī ] disaster-stricken, to be hit by a natural calamity |
| ⇒ 受災地區 | [ shoù zaī dì qū ] disaster area |
| ⇒ 回祿之災 | [ huí lù zhī zaī ] to have one's house burned down, fire disaster |
| ⇒ 多災多難 | [ duō zaī duō nàn ] to be plagued with misfortunes, precarious |
| ⇒ 大災 | [ dà zaī ] calamity, catastrophe |
| ⇒ 天災 | [ tiān zaī ] natural disaster |
| ⇒ 天災人禍 | [ tiān zaī rén huò ] natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) |
| ⇒ 天災地孽 | [ tiān zaī dì niè ] catastrophes and unnatural phenomena, Heaven-sent warnings |
| ⇒ 幸災樂禍 | [ xìng zaī lè huò ] lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune, Schadenfreude |
| ⇒ 德不配位，必有災殃 | [ dé bù peì weì bì yoǔ zaī yāng ] calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status |
| ⇒ 成災 | [ chéng zaī ] disastrous, to turn into a disaster |
| ⇒ 抗災 | [ kàng zaī ] defense against natural disasters |
| ⇒ 抗震救災指揮部 | [ kàng zhèn jiù zaī zhǐ huī bù ] State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters |
| ⇒ 招災惹禍 | [ zhaō zaī rě huò ] to invite disaster |
| ⇒ 搶險救災 | [ qiǎng xiǎn jiù zaī ] to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom) |
| ⇒ 攘災 | [ rǎng zaī ] to ward off calamities, to avoid disaster |
| ⇒ 救災 | [ jiù zaī ] to relieve disaster, to help disaster victims |
| ⇒ 救災救濟司 | [ jiù zaī jiù jì sī ] emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部) |
| ⇒ 救災款 | [ jiù zaī kuǎn ] disaster relief funds |
| ⇒ 旱災 | [ hàn zaī ] drought |
| ⇒ 次生災害 | [ cì shēng zaī haì ] secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods) |
| ⇒ 水災 | [ shuǐ zaī ] flood, flood damage |
| ⇒ 泛濫成災 | [ fàn làn chéng zaī ] lit. to flood (idiom), fig. rampant, in plague proportions |
| ⇒ 洪災 | [ hóng zaī ] flood |
| ⇒ 消災 | [ zaī ] to avoid calamities |
| ⇒ 消災避邪 | [ zaī bì xié ] to avoid calamities and evil spirits |
| ⇒ 減災 | [ jiǎn zaī ] to take measures to mitigate the impact of disasters (including prevention, preparation, and support for stricken communities) |
| ⇒ 火災 | [ huǒ zaī ] serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| ⇒ 牢獄之災 | [ laó yù zhī zaī ] imprisonment |
| ⇒ 破財免災 | [ pò caí miǎn zaī ] a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom) |
| ⇒ 祈福禳災 | [ qí fú ráng zaī ] to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) |
| ⇒ 祛邪除災 | [ qū xié chú zaī ] to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom) |
| ⇒ 股災 | [ gǔ zaī ] market crash |
| ⇒ 自然災害 | [ zì rán zaī haì ] natural disaster |
| ⇒ 蝗災 | [ huáng zaī ] plague of locusts |
| ⇒ 蟲災 | [ chóng zaī ] insect damage, destruction of crops by pest insects |
| ⇒ 賑災 | [ zhèn zaī ] disaster relief |
| ⇒ 逃災避難 | [ taó zaī bì nàn ] to seek refuge from calamities |
| ⇒ 重災 | [ zhòng zaī ] severe disaster |
| ⇒ 重災區 | [ zhòng zaī qū ] area particularly hard-hit by a disaster, disaster area |
| ⇒ 防災 | [ fáng zaī ] disaster prevention, to protect against natural disasters |
| ⇒ 雹災 | [ baó zaī ] disaster caused by hail |
| ⇒ 震災 | [ zhèn zaī ] earthquake damage |
| ⇒ 霜災 | [ shuāng zaī ] frost damage (to crop) |
| ⇒ 風災 | [ fēng zaī ] damaging storm, destructive typhoon |