危 (ngai4 | wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan),) : dangerous; endanger; high

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危

ngai4

wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan),

[1] [adj] dangerous; precarious; critical [2] [v] endanger; imperil; jeopardize [3] high; precipitous; towering [4] proper; stately

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 卩 (#26)

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

危

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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危險 ngai4 him2 wei1 xian3 = danger

危機 ngai4 gei1 wei1 ji1 = crisis (singular); crises (plural)

危害 ngai4 hoi6 wei1 hai4 = to jeopardise; to harm; to endanger

脫離危險 tyut3 lei4 ngai4 him2 tuo1 li2 wei1 xian3 = to be out of danger; to be out of the woods

安危 on1 ngai4 an1 wei1 = safety-and-danger

危險性 ngai4 him2 sing3 wei2 xian3 xing4 (Taiwan), wei1 xian3 xing4 (PRC) = chanciness

危樓 ngai4 lau4 = dangerous premises

危危乎 ngai4 ngai4 fu4 = collapsing 粵

病危 beng6 ngai4 bing4 wei1 = be critically ill; be terminally ill

擺脫危機 baai2 tyut3 ngai4 gei1 bai3 tuo1 wei1 ji1 = to break out of a crisis
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如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

是不是這樣就不能居安思危? 國
Is this way not preparing one's self for danger when in good times?

危險：激光在使用中國
Danger: Laser in use.

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

騎樓嘅花盆危危乎，隨時都會跌落去噉粵
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.

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.

本港男子罹患新流感情況危殆
Hong Kong man suffering from H1N1 in critical condition

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Decimal representation of this word: 危
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