| 哀伤 | āi shāng | grief / distress / bereavement / grieved / heartbroken / dejected |   |
| 受难 | shòu nàn | to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress | |
| 愁苦 | chóu kǔ | anxiety / distress | |
| 苦处 | kǔ chu | suffering / distress | |
| 难 |  nàn | disaster / distress / to scold | |
| 瘼 | mò | distress / sickness | |
| 求救 | qiú jiù | to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties) | |
| 胸闷 | xiōng mēn | chest pain / chest distress | |
| 阵痛 | zhèn tòng | labor pains / (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change | |
| 呼号 | hū háo | to wail / to cry out in distress | |
| 落汤鸡 | luò tāng jī | a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress | |
| 涂炭 | tú tàn | extreme distress / in utter misery | |
| 受难者 | shòu nàn zhě | sufferer / a victim of a calamity / a person in distress | |
| 兔死狐悲 | tù sǐ hú bēi | lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress | |
| 隘 | ài | pass / defile / narrow / confined / in distress | |
| 阨 | è | defile / pass / in distress | |
| 扶危济困 | fú wēi jì kùn | to help those in distress (idiom) | |
| 济困扶危 | jì kùn fú wēi | to help those in distress (idiom) | |
| 芝焚蕙叹 | zhī fén huì tàn | lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress | |
| 济危 | jì wēi | to help people in distress | |
| 儜 | níng | weak / wearied / in distress | |
| 呼嚎 | hū háo | to roar (of animals) / to wail / to cry out in distress / see also 呼號|呼号[hu1 hao2] | |
| 扶危 | fú wēi | to help those in distress | |
| 赈捐 | zhèn juān | money donation to relieve distress or famine | |
| 英雄救美 | yīng xióng jiù měi | heroic rescue of a damsel in distress | |
| 遇险信号 | | distress signal | |
| 全球海难和安全系统 | | Global Maritime Distress and Safety System | |
| 急性呼吸道窘迫综合征 | | acute respiratory distress syndrome | |
| 未来全球海难和安全系统 | | Future Global Maritime Distress and Safety System | |
| 无线电遇险呼救系统 | | Distress Radio Call System | |
