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危害

wēi hài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

危害 (wēi hài) means "to harm, be harmful to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 危害 means

1. to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger
2. harmful effect; damage

The characters in 危害

• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm

Example sentences

• 奴役制是一种危害人类罪。
  Slavery is a crime against humanity.
• 有些药品会对身体产生危害。
  Yǒuxiē yàopǐn huì duì shēntǐ chǎnshēng wēihài.
  Some medicines can be harmful to the body.
• 吸烟真是又恶心又低俗！点根烟然后吸，把这些危害健康的气体吸进肺里，然后呼出肮脏的气味。
  What a disgusting and stupid vice smoking is! Lighting a cigarette and sucking in the smoke. Breathing a dangerous threat to your health into your lungs. Exhaling a foul odor.

Words starting with 危害

• 危害性wēi hài xìngharmfulness
• 危害评价wēi hài píng jiàhazard assessment

Sounds the same

Read wēi hài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 威骇to intimidate

Where 危害 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Facing Challenges & Confrontation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wēi hài correctly.
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