Usage of the character 苍

surname Cang

cāng

苍

[蒼]

dark blue
deep green
ash-gray

cānghuáng

苍黄

[蒼黃]

greenish yellow
sallow (pale or yellow complexion)
variant of 倉皇／仓皇 (cānghuáng)

Cāngxī

苍溪

[蒼溪]

Cangxi county in Guangyuan 廣元／广元 ( Guǎngyuán), Sichuan

cāngtiān

苍天

[蒼天]

firmament

cānghuáng

苍惶

[蒼惶]

variant of 倉皇／仓皇 (cānghuáng)

cāngcuì

苍翠

[蒼翠]

verdant

cāngmǎng

苍莽

[蒼莽]

boundless

cānglǎo

苍老

[蒼老]

old
aged
(of calligraphy or painting) vigorous
forceful

cāngqióng

苍穹

[蒼穹]

the blue dome of heaven

cāngliáng

苍凉

[蒼涼]

desolate
bleak

cāngzhú

苍术

[蒼術]

black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)

cāngyù

苍郁

[蒼鬱]

verdant and luxuriant

cānglù

苍鹭

[蒼鷺]

(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

Cānglóng

苍龙

[蒼龍]

Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍／青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)

cāngbái

苍白

[蒼白]

pale
wan

cāngmáng

苍茫

[蒼茫]

boundless
vast
hazy (distant horizon)

Wàngcāng

旺苍

[旺蒼]

Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元／广元 ( Guǎngyuán), Sichuan

cānggǒu

苍狗

[蒼狗]

(fig.) the unpredictable changeability of the world; bad omen

cāng'ěr

苍耳

[蒼耳]

Siberian cocklebur (botany)

cāngcāng

苍苍

[蒼蒼]

ash gray
vast and hazy
flourishing

cāngshēng

苍生

[蒼生]

(area where) vegetation grows
the common people

cāngying

苍蝇

[蒼蠅]

housefly
CL:隻／只 (zhī)

qióngcāng

穹苍

[穹蒼]

the sky
the firmament
the vault of heaven

Cāngwú

苍梧

[蒼梧]

Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州 ( Wúzhōu), Guangxi

cāngyīng

苍鹰

[蒼鷹]

(bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

shàngcāng

上苍

[上蒼]

heaven

Cāngnán

苍南

[蒼南]

Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州／温州 ( Wēnzhōu), Zhejiang

cāngjìng

苍劲

[蒼勁]

(of a tree) old and strong
(of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous

cāngbáisè

苍白色

[蒼白色]

pale
wan
sickly white

Wàngcāngxiàn

旺苍县

[旺蒼縣]

Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元／广元 ( Guǎngyuán), Sichuan

Cāngnánxiàn

苍南县

[蒼南縣]

Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州／温州 ( Wēnzhōu), Zhejiang

Cāngwúxiàn

苍梧县

[蒼梧縣]

Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州 ( Wúzhōu), Guangxi

Cāngxīxiàn

苍溪县

[蒼溪縣]

Cangxi county in Guangyuan 廣元／广元 ( Guǎngyuán), Sichuan

Cāngyingzuò

苍蝇座

[蒼蠅座]

Musca (constellation)

cāngyingpāi

苍蝇拍

[蒼蠅拍]

flyswatter

yèsècāngmáng

夜色苍茫

[夜色蒼茫]

gathering dusk

cāngtóuyànquè

苍头燕雀

[蒼頭燕雀]

(bird species of China) common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

cāngméihuángyīng

苍眉蝗莺

[蒼眉蝗鶯]

(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Locustella fasciolata)

cāngshēngtútàn

苍生涂炭

[蒼生塗炭]

the common people in a miserable state

cāngbáiwúlì

苍白无力

[蒼白無力]

pale and feeble
powerless

báiyúncānggǒu

白云苍狗

[白雲蒼狗]

lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

wútóucāngying

无头苍蝇

[無頭蒼蠅]

headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)

báiyīcānggǒu

白衣苍狗

[白衣蒼狗]

lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

báifàcāngcāng

白发苍苍

[白髮蒼蒼]

old and gray-haired

mùsècāngmáng

暮色苍茫

[暮色蒼茫]

the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)

méitóucāngying

没头苍蝇

[沒頭蒼蠅]

see 無頭蒼蠅／无头苍蝇 (wútóucāngying)

cāngbèishānquè

苍背山雀

[蒼背山雀]

(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)

hàoshǒucāngyán

皓首苍颜

[皓首蒼顏]

white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age

cāngyinglǎohǔ

苍蝇老虎

[蒼蠅老虎]

(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)

cāngsōngcuìbǎi

苍松翠柏

[蒼松翠柏]

evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility

cāngyingbùdīngwúfèngdàn

苍蝇不叮无缝蛋

[蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋]

lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
fig. no smoke without a fire