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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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This word has been viewed 7264 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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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. |
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