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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 6687 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
See all 50 compounds (CantoDict reports 47 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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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