| 散 | sǎn | leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose |
| 散 | sàn | to break up (of couples); to distribute; to let out; to fire or discharge (sb) |
| 散布 | sàn bù | to disseminate |
| 散发 | sàn fā | distribute; emit; issue |
| 散射 | sǎn shè | scattering |
| 散失 | sàn shī | to squander; lost |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | prose; essay |
| 散开 | sàn kāi | to separate; to disperse |
| 散步 | sàn bù | to take a walk; to go for a walk |
| 散会 | sàn huì | to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished |
| 散热器 | sàn rè qì | lit. scatter heat device; cooling panel; heat sink; heat spreader; car radiator; fan (computer) |
| 散落 | sàn luò | to disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle |
| 散播 | sàn bō | to spread; to disperse; to disseminate |
| 散漫 | sǎn màn | undisciplined; unorganized |
| 散乱 | sàn luàn | in disorder; messy |
| 散居 | sǎn jū | to live scattered |
| 散装 | sǎn zhuāng | loose goods; goods sold open; draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled) |
| 散场 | sàn chǎng | (of a theater) to empty; (of a show) to end |
| 散心 | sàn xīn | to drive away cares; to relieve boredom |
| 散亡 | sàn wáng | dispersed and lost |
| 散件 | sǎn jiàn | spare parts; odds and ends |
| 散伙 | sàn huǒ | to break up into components; to disband; to disperse |
| 散光 | sǎn guāng | astigmatism; see also 散光 |
| 散光 | sàn guāng | to diffuse light; see also 散光 |
| 散兵 | sǎn bīng | loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; fig. a loner |
| 散兵坑 | sǎn bīng kēng | foxhole (military) |
| 散兵游勇 | sǎn bīng yóu yǒng | lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action |
| 散出 | sàn chū | shed |
| 散剂 | sǎn jì | powder medicine |
| 散匪 | sǎn fěi | scattered bandits; fig. random jottings; marginal notes |
| 散学 | sàn xué | end of school |
| 散工 | sǎn gōng | day labor; piece-time work |
| 散工 | sàn gōng | to release from work at the end of the day |
| 散席 | sàn xí | end of a banquet |
| 散座 | sǎn zuò | single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw) |
| 散座儿 | sǎn zuòr | erhua variant or 散座; single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw) |
| 散心解闷 | sàn xīn jiě mèn | to divert one’s mind from boredom (idiom) |
| 散闷 | sàn mèn | to divert oneself from melancholy |
| 散戏 | sàn xì | end of a show |
| 散户 | sǎn hù | individual (shareholder); the small investor |
| 散打 | sàn dǎ | mixed martial arts |
| 散摊子 | sàn tān zi | to break up; to disband |
| 散散步 | sàn sàn bù | to have a stroll |
| 散文诗 | sǎn wén shī | prose poem |
| 散曲 | sǎn qǔ | verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing |
| 散束 | sàn shù | scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube); debunching |
| 散板 | sǎn bǎn | to fall apart; opera section in free rhythm |
| 散架 | sǎn jià | to fall apart; exhaustion |
| 散水 | sàn shuǐ | apron (sloping brickwork to disperse water) |
| 散沙 | sǎn shā | scattered sand; fig. lacking in cohesion or organization |
