危害

危害

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (危害)		危	害
simp. #(危害)		危	害

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēihài, wéihài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ hoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngùi-hoi
• Min Nan (POJ): gûi-hāi / ûi-hāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: wēihài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueihay
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
    • Pinyin: wéihài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihay
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 危害 為害／为害

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
    • Yale: ngàih hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hoi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hɔːy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngùi-hoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: nguiˇ hoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngui² hoi⁴
    • IPA: /ŋu̯i¹¹ hoi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: guî-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gui'hai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gui²⁴⁻²² haɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gui²⁴⁻¹¹ haɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui¹³⁻²² haɪ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gui²⁴⁻²² haɪ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gui²³⁻³³ haɪ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: uî-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² haɪ⁴¹/

Verb

危害

1. to harm; to endanger; to jeopardise

   吸煙危害健康。 / 吸烟危害健康。  ―  Xīyān wēihài jiànkāng.  ―  Smoking is harmful to health.

   對身體的危害 / 对身体的危害  ―  duì shēntǐ de wēihài  ―  harms to the body

Synonyms

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傷害／伤害 (shānghài) 危及 (wēijí)

損傷／损伤 (sǔnshāng) 損害／损害 (sǔnhài)

Derived terms

生物危害 (shēngwù wēihài)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
危	害
き Grade: 6	がい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

危害 (hiragana きがい, rōmaji kigai)

1. harm