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  ngai4   jyutping
  wei1 wei2   pinyin
[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: adjective Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: (#26)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 6706 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Feb 2014 03:59

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detail  ngai4 him2  wei1 xian3 = danger
detail  ngai4 gei1  wei1 ji1 = crisis (singular); crises (plural)
detail  ngai4 hoi6  wei1 hai4 = to jeopardise; to harm; to endanger
detail  tyut3 lei4 ngai4 him2  tuo1 li2 wei1 xian3 = to be out of danger; to be out of the woods
detail  on1 ngai4  an1 wei1 = safety-and-danger
detail  ngai4 him2 sing3  wei2 xian3 xing4 (Taiwan), wei1 xian3 xing4 (PRC) = chanciness; dangerous nature
detail  ngai4 lau4   = dangerous premises
detail  ngai4 ngai4 fu4   = collapsing
detail  beng6 ngai4  bing4 wei1 = be critically ill; be terminally ill
detail  baai2 tyut3 ngai4 gei1  bai3 tuo1 wei1 ji1 = to break out of a crisis
detail  fo3 bai6 ngai4 gei1  huo4 bi4 wei1 ji1 = monetary crisis
detail  gam1 jung4 ngai4 gei1  jin1 rong2 wei1 ji1 = financial crisis
detail  gan2 gap1 ngai4 hoi6  jin3 ji2 wei1 hai4 = emergency risk
detail  ging1 zai3 ngai4 gei1  jing1 ji4 wei1 ji1 = economic crisis
detail  geoi1 ngon1 si1 ngai4  ju1 an1 si1 wei2 = using times of safety to prepare for danger
detail  cim4 zoi6 ngai4 him2 dou6  qian2 zai4 wei1 xian3 du4 = latent hazard
detail  nang4 jyun4 ngai4 gei1  neng2 yuan2 wei1 ji1 = energy crisis
detail  ngai4 hoi6 ping4 gaa3  wei1 hai4 ping2 jia4 = hazard assessment
detail  ze2 ci3 ngai4 gei1  zhe4 ci4 wei1 ji1 = present crisis; current crisis
detail  nin4 heng1 dik1 ngai4 him2 zeoi6 faan6   = a vicious young thug
detail  zing3 zi6 ngai4 gei1   = political crisis
detail  gun2 zi6 ngai4 gei1   = political crisis
detail  ngai4 duk1  wei1 du3 = deathly ill
detail  ngai4 gap1  wei1 ji2 = critical; desperate (situation)
detail  ngai4 geoi6  wei1 ju4 = afraid; apprehensive
detail  ngai4 guk6  wei1 ju2 = perilous situation
detail  sang1 ming6 ngai4 him2  sheng1 ming4 wei1 xian3 = mortal danger
detail  ngai4 naan6  wei1 nan4 = danger and disaster; calamity
detail  ngai4 kap6  wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan) ji2 = endanger; jeopardize
detail  ngai4 gei1 ji3 sik1  wei1 ji1 yi4 shi2 [PRC] / wei2 ji1 yi4 shi4 [TW] = sense of impending crisis or danger; crisis consciousness; crisis awareness
detail  jan4 jan4 zi6 ngai4  ren2 ren2 zi4 wei1 [PRC]/ wei2 [TW] = everyone is in danger; insecurity reigns among the populace
detail  lam4 ngai4  lin2 wei1(PRC); lin2 wei2 (Taiwan) = dying (from illness); facing death; on one's deathbed
detail  zeon1 geng2 ngai4 gei1  zun1 jing3 wei2 (TW) wei1 (PRC) ji1 = bottleneck crisis
detail  gou1 ngai4 jat1 zuk6   = those at high risk
detail  zung1 nin4 ngai4 gei1  zhong1 nian2 wei2[tw] wei1[PRC] ji1 = mid-life crisis
detail  gou1 ngai4  gao1 wei1 [PRC] wei2 [TW] = high risk; highly dangerous
detail  lam4 ngai4 bat1 lyun6  lin1 wei1 [PRC] wei2[TW] bu2 luan4 = not to lose one's cool in the face of danger; un-perturbed in the face of danger
detail  seoi4 ngai4  chui2 wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan) = close to death / life-threatening (illness)/ critically ill
detail  gwan1 zi2 bat1 laap6 ngai4 coeng4 haa6  jun1 zi3 bu4 li4 wei2 qiang2 xia4 = a wise man would not put himself in potential danger
detail  ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1  wei1 di4 ma3 la1 = Guatemala
detail  coi4 zing3 ngai4 gei1  cai2 zheng4 wei1 ji1 = [n] financial crisis
detail  ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1 jan4  Wei1 di4 ma3 la1 ren2 = a Guatemalan person
detail  ngai4 toi5  wei1 dai4 (PRC), wei2 dai4 (Taiwan) = in critical condition
detail  ngai4 jin4 sung2 ting3  wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan), yan2 song3 ting1 = exaggerate sth. to frighten people
detail  kap1 kap1 ho2 ngai4  ji2 ji2 ke3 wei1 [PRC], wei2 [TW] = imminent danger; precarious situation
detail  leot6 leot6 ngai4 geoi6  li4 li4 wei1 [PRC] wei2 [TW] ju4 = terrified; terror-stricken
detail  pan4 ngai4  bin1 wei1 (PRC) wei2 (TW) = endangered (species); in imminent danger; critically ill
detail  ngai4 jyu4 leoi5 leon5  wei1 (PRC) wei2 (TW) ru2 lei3 luan3 = as precarious as a tower of eggs
detail  nagi4 zoi6 daan3 zik6  wei1 (PRC) wei2 (TW) zai4 dan4 xi1 (PRC) xi4 (TW) = be in imminent danger
detail  ngai4 him2 joek6 mat6 tiu4 lai6   = Dangerous Drugs Ordinance

Showing all 8 examples containing 危
detail 如果唔夠小心嘅話煙花危險
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.
detail 是不是這樣不能居安思危?
Is this way not preparing one's self for danger when in good times?
detail 危險激光使用
Danger: Laser in use.
detail audio 吸煙危害健康, 只要每日, 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
detail 騎樓危危乎隨時都會跌落
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.
detail audio 危難,"不需上前";,"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.
detail 本港男子罹患流感情況危殆
Hong Kong man suffering from H1N1 in critical condition
detail 最近吸煙危害健康吖嘛!
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.]

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