| 寒 | hán | cold; poor; to tremble |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate); frigid; very cold |
| 严寒 | yán hán | bitter cold; severe winter |
| 寒流 | hán liú | cold stream |
| 耐寒 | nài hán | cold-proof; resistant to cold |
| 高寒 | gāo hán | high and cold (mountain area) |
| 寒风 | hán fēng | cold wind |
| 寒带 | hán dài | polar climate |
| 伤寒 | shāng hán | typhoid |
| 寒气 | hán qì | cold air |
| 饥寒交迫 | jī hán jiāo pò | lit. both hunger and cold press (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty |
| 寒假 | hán jià | winter vacation |
| 寒潮 | hán cháo | cold wave; CL: 股 |
| 受寒 | shòu hán | affected by cold; to catch cold |
| 寒露 | Hán lù | Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 8th-22nd October |
| 寒冬 | hán dōng | wintry |
| 贫寒 | pín hán | poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished |
| 寒暄 | hán xuān | exchanging conventional greetings; to talk about the weather |
| 一暴十寒 | yī pù shí hán | one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; short attention span |
| 一曝十寒 | yī pù shí hán | one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; lack of sticking power; short attention span |
| 下寒武 | xià hán wǔ | lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago) |
| 下寒武统 | xià hán wǔ tǒng | lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago) |
| 不寒而栗 | bù hán ér lì | shiver all over though not cold; tremble with fear; shudder |
| 倒春寒 | dào chūn hán | cold snap during the spring |
| 伤寒沙门氏菌 | shāng hán shā mén shì jūn | salmonella typhimurium |
| 伤寒症 | shāng hán zhèng | typhoid |
冰冻三尺，
非一日之寒 | bīng dòng sān chǐ ,
fēi yī rì zhī hán | three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day |
| 凄寒 | qī hán | cold and desolate |
| 前寒武纪 | qián hán wǔ jì | pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago |
| 副伤寒 | fù shāng hán | paratyphoid fever |
| 北寒带 | běi hán dài | the north frigid zone |
| 唇亡齿寒 | chún wáng chǐ hán | lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent |
| 啼饥号寒 | tí jī háo hán | hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty |
| 嘘寒问暖 | xū hán wèn nuǎn | to ask about sb's health |
| 噤若寒蝉 | jìn ruò hán chán | to keep quiet out of fear (idiom) |
| 地方性斑疹伤寒 | dì fāng xìng bān zhěn shāng hán | murine typhus fever |
| 大寒 | Dà hán | Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 20th January-3rd February |
| 天寒地冻 | tiān hán dì dòng | cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold |
| 家世寒微 | jiā shì hán wēi | to be of humble origin (idiom) |
| 寒亭 | Hán tíng | Hanting district of Weifang city 潍坊市, Shandong |
| 寒亭区 | Hán tíng qū | Hanting district of Weifang city 潍坊市, Shandong |
| 寒光闪闪 | hán guāng shǎn shǎn | to glitter like frost and snow (idiom) |
| 寒喧 | hán xuān | to discuss the weather; to exchange conventional greetings |
| 寒噤 | hán jìn | a shiver |
| 寒微 | hán wēi | of humble origin |
| 寒意 | hán yì | a nip in the air; chilliness |
| 寒战 | hán zhàn | a chill |
| 寒武 | Hán wǔ | Cambrian (geological period 545-495m years ago) |
| 寒武爆发 | hán wǔ bào fā | the Cambrian explosion |
| 寒武纪 | Hán wǔ jì | Cambrian geological period (545-495m years ago) |
