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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
simp. and trad. (危害)		危	害

Verb

危害

to harm; to endanger; to jeopardise

Noun

危害

harm; danger; jeopardy

Synonyms

危及 (wēijí)

Derived terms

生物危害 (shēngwù wēihài)

Japanese

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

Noun

危害 ‎(hiragana きがい, romaji kigai)

harm

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wēihài, wéihài

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēihài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄏㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueihay
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: wéihài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihay
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    危害
    為害／为害
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
  - Yale: ngàih hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngùi-hoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: nguiˇ hoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngui² hoi⁴
  - IPA: /ŋu̯i¹¹ ho̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream 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 (Kaohsiung): /gui²³⁻³³ haɪ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gui²⁴⁻²² haɪ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui¹³⁻²² haɪ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: uî-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² haɪ⁴¹/