| 苍 | cāng | dark blue; deep green; ash-gray; surname Cang |
| 苍白 | cāng bái | pale; wan |
| 苍蝇 | cāng ying | housefly; CL:只 |
| 苍苍 | cāng cāng | ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing |
| 苍茫 | cāng máng | boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon) |
| 苍翠 | cāng cuì | verdant |
| 苍天 | cāng tiān | firmament |
| 苍老 | cāng lǎo | old; aged; vigorous; forceful (of calligraphy or painting) |
| 上苍 | shàng cāng | heaven |
| 夜色苍茫 | yè sè cāng máng | gathering dusk |
| 旺苍 | Wàng cāng | Wangcang county in Guangyuan 广元, Sichuan |
| 旺苍县 | Wàng cāng xiàn | Wangcang county in Guangyuan 广元, Sichuan |
| 暮色苍茫 | mù sè cāng máng | the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom) |
| 皓首苍颜 | hào shǒu cāng yán | white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age |
| 碧水苍天 | bì shuǐ cāng tiān | jade waters below and blue heavens above (idiom) |
| 穹苍 | qióng cāng | the sky; the firmament; the vault of heaven |
| 苍劲 | cāng jìn | bold; upright and strong; vigorous; forceful (brush strokes); sureness of touch |
| 苍南 | Cāng nán | Cangnan county in Wenzhou 温州, Zhejiang |
| 苍南县 | Cāng nán xiàn | Cangnan county in Wenzhou 温州, Zhejiang |
| 苍山 | Cāng shān | Cangshan county in Linyi 临沂, Shandong |
| 苍山县 | Cāng shān xiàn | Cangshan county in Linyi 临沂, Shandong |
| 苍惶 | cāng huáng | variant of 仓皇; in a panic; flurried |
| 苍松翠柏 | cāng sōng cuì bǎi | evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility |
| 苍梧 | Cāng wú | Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州, Guangxi |
| 苍梧县 | Cāng wú xiàn | Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州, Guangxi |
| 苍凉 | cāng liáng | desolate; bleak |
| 苍溪 | Cāng xī | Cangxi county in Guangyuan 广元, Sichuan |
| 苍溪县 | Cāng xī xiàn | Cangxi county in Guangyuan 广元, Sichuan |
| 苍生 | cāng shēng | (area where) vegetation grows; the common people |
| 苍生涂炭 | cāng shēng tú tàn | the common people in a miserable state |
| 苍白色 | cāng bái sè | pale; wan; sickly white |
| 苍穹 | cāng qióng | the blue dome of heaven |
| 苍耳 | cāng ěr | Siberian cocklebur (botany) |
| 苍莽 | cāng mǎng | boundless |
| 苍蝇座 | cāng ying zuò | Musca (constellation) |
| 苍郁 | cāng yù | verdant and luxuriant |
| 苍鹰 | cāng yīng | goshawk |
| 苍鹭 | cāng lù | heron |
| 苍黄 | cāng huáng | greenish yellow; sallow (pale or yellow complexion); variant of 仓皇, in a panic; flurried |
| 苍龙 | Cāng lóng | Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) |
