Chinese symbol for “disastrous”
惨重
cǎn zhòng
Traditional: 慘重
disastrous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disastrous is 惨重 (cǎn zhòng), defined as: disastrous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disastrous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成灾 (成災) | chéng zāi | disastrous; to turn into a disaster |
| 惨 (慘) | cǎn | miserable; wretched |
| 不得了 | bù dé liǎo | desperately serious; disastrous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惨重.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲惨 (悲慘) | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 惨案 (慘案) | cǎn àn | massacre; tragedy |
| 惨遭 (慘遭) | cǎn zāo | to suffer (defeat, death etc) |
| 惨败 (慘敗) | cǎn bài | to suffer a crushing defeat |
| 惨烈 (慘烈) | cǎn liè | bitter; desperate |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disastrous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.