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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-hāi / ûi-hāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguin⁵ hai⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēihài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weihài
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-hai⁴
    • Yale: wēi-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueihay
    • Palladius: вэйхай (vɛjxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéihài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéihài
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hai⁴
    • Yale: wéi-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihay
    • Palladius: вэйхай (vɛjxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
    • Yale: ngàih hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngùi-hoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: nguiˇ hoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngui² hoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu̯i¹¹ hoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: guî-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gui'hai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² hai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ hai³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ hai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² hai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: uî-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² hai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguin⁵ hai⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngûiⁿ hāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋũĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai¹¹/

Verb

危害

1. to harm; to endanger; to jeopardise; to threaten

   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

• 傷害／伤害 (shānghài)
• 危及 (wēijí)
• 妨害 (fánghài)
• 戕害 (qiānghài) (literary)
• 戕賊／戕贼 (literary)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 損傷／损伤 (sǔnshāng)
• 損害／损害 (sǔnhài)
• 暴害 (bàohài) (literary)
• 有傷／有伤 (yǒushāng) (chiefly used in derived terms)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)

 

Derived terms

• 危害性 (wēihàixìng)
• 生物危害 (shēngwù wēihài)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​がい [kíꜜgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

危(き)害(がい) • (kigai) 

1. harm