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[1] [adj] dangerous; precarious; critical [2] [v] endanger; imperil; jeopardize [3] [adj] precipitous; towering; high Pinyin wei1 is China reading; wei2 is Taiwan reading.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: 卩 (#26)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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危險 ngai4 him2 = danger 危機 ngai4 gei1 = crisis (singular); crises (plural) 危害 ngai4 hoi6 = to jeopardise; to harm; to endanger 脫離危險 tyut3 lei4 ngai4 him2 = to be out of danger; to be out of the woods 安危 on1 ngai4 = safety-and-danger 危險性 ngai4 him2 sing3 = chanciness; dangerous nature 危樓 ngai4 lau4 = dangerous premises 危危乎 ngai4 ngai4 fu4 = collapsing 粵 病危 beng6 ngai4 = be critically ill; be terminally ill 擺脫危機 baai2 tyut3 ngai4 gei1 = to break out of a crisis 貨幣危機 fo3 bai6 ngai4 gei1 = monetary crisis 金融危機 gam1 jung4 ngai4 gei1 = financial crisis 緊急危害 gan2 gap1 ngai4 hoi6 = emergency risk 經濟危機 ging1 zai3 ngai4 gei1 = economic crisis 居安思危 geoi1 ngon1 si1 ngai4 = using times of safety to prepare for danger 潛在危險度 cim4 zoi6 ngai4 him2 dou6 = latent hazard 能源危機 nang4 jyun4 ngai4 gei1 = energy crisis 危害評價 ngai4 hoi6 ping4 gaa3 = hazard assessment 這次危機 ze2 ci3 ngai4 gei1 = present crisis; current crisis 國 年輕的危險罪犯 nin4 heng1 dik1 ngai4 him2 zeoi6 faan6 = a vicious young thug 國 政治危機 zing3 zi6 ngai4 gei1 = political crisis 管治危機 gun2 zi6 ngai4 gei1 = political crisis 危篤 ngai4 duk1 = deathly ill 危急 ngai4 gap1 = critical; desperate (situation) 危懼 ngai4 geoi6 = afraid; apprehensive 危局 ngai4 guk6 = perilous situation 生命危險 sang1 ming6 ngai4 him2 = mortal danger 危難 ngai4 naan6 = danger and disaster; calamity 危及 ngai4 kap6 = endanger; jeopardize 危機意識 ngai4 gei1 ji3 sik1 = sense of impending crisis or danger; crisis consciousness; crisis awareness 人人自危 jan4 jan4 zi6 ngai4 = everyone is in danger; insecurity reigns among the populace 臨危 lam4 ngai4 = dying (from illness); facing death; on one's deathbed 樽頸危機 zeon1 geng2 ngai4 gei1 = bottleneck crisis 粵 高危一族 gou1 ngai4 jat1 zuk6 = those at high risk 粵 中年危機 zung1 nin4 ngai4 gei1 = mid-life crisis 高危 gou1 ngai4 = high risk; highly dangerous 臨危不亂 lam4 ngai4 bat1 lyun6 = not to lose one's cool in the face of danger; un-perturbed in the face of danger 垂危 seoi4 ngai4 = close to death / life-threatening (illness)/ critically ill 君子不立危牆下 gwan1 zi2 bat1 laap6 ngai4 coeng4 haa6 = a wise man would not put himself in potential danger 危地馬拉 ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1 = Guatemala 財政危機 coi4 zing3 ngai4 gei1 = [n] financial crisis 危地馬拉人 ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1 jan4 = a Guatemalan person 危殆 ngai4 toi5 = in critical condition 危言聳聽 ngai4 jin4 sung2 ting3 = exaggerate sth. to frighten people 岌岌可危 kap1 kap1 ho2 ngai4 = imminent danger; precarious situation 慄慄危懼 leot6 leot6 ngai4 geoi6 = terrified; terror-stricken 瀕危 pan4 ngai4 = endangered (species); in imminent danger; critically ill 危如累卵 ngai4 jyu4 leoi5 leon5 = as precarious as a tower of eggs 危在旦夕 nagi4 zoi6 daan3 zik6 = be in imminent danger 危險藥物條例 ngai4 him2 joek6 mat6 tiu4 lai6 = Dangerous Drugs Ordinance |
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Showing all 8 examples containing 危
吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death
危難中,"有子不需父上前";搶險時,"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.
我最近戒咗煙,吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right ! [吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |