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危

wēi

HSK 4 Character

What 危 means

1. danger
2. to endanger
3. Taiwan pr. wéi

Other readings

危 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wēisurname Wei

Example sentences

• 危险！
  Watch out!
• 它有危险。
  It can be dangerous.
• 这儿危险。
  It's dangerous here.
• 这很危险。
  It's very dangerous.
• 危险尚在。
  The danger has not passed yet.
• 前面有危险。
  Danger ahead.

Words starting with 危

• 危险wēi xiǎndanger; dangerous
• 危害wēi hàito harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
• 危机wēi jīcrisis
• 危急wēi jícritical; desperate (situation)
• 危及wēi jíto endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
• 危难wēi nàncalamity
• 危房wēi fángdecrepit house
• 危机感wēi jī gǎnsense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability…
• 危言耸听wēi yán sǒng tīngfrightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds
• 危害性wēi hài xìngharmfulness
• 危重wēi zhòngcritically ill
• 危在旦夕wēi zài dàn xīin imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
• 危境wēi jìngdangerous situation; venerable old age
• 危局wēi júperilous situation
• 危性wēi xìngrisk
• 危险品wēi xiǎn pǐnhazardous materials
• 危地马拉Wēi dì mǎ lāGuatemala
• 危害评价wēi hài píng jiàhazard assessment
• 危而不持wēi ér bù chínational danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects)…
• 危言危行wēi yán wēi xíngupright and plainspoken (idiom)
• 危重病人wēi zhòng bìng réncritically ill patient
• 危地马拉人Wēi dì mǎ lā rénGuatemalan (person)
• 危困wēi kùngrave situation
• 危途wēi túdangerous road

Words containing 危

• 安危ān wēisafety and danger; safety
• 病危bìng wēito be critically ill; to be terminally ill
• 垂危chuí wēiclose to death; life-threatening (illness)
• 经济危机jīng jì wēi jīeconomic crisis
• 高危gāo wēihigh-risk
• 正襟危坐zhèng jīn wēi zuòto sit upright and still (idiom)
• 濒危bīn wēiendangered (species); in imminent danger; critically ill
• 临危lín wēidying (from illness); facing death; on one's deathbed
• 岌岌可危jí jí kě wēiimminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis
• 命危mìng wēi(medicine) in a critical condition
• 济危jì wēito help people in distress
• 信用危机xìn yòng wēi jīcredit crisis
• 力尽神危lì jìn shén wēi(idiom) physically and mentally exhausted
• 生命危险shēng mìng wēi xiǎnrisk to one's life
• 能源危机néng yuán wēi jīenergy crisis
• 临危受命lín wēi shòu mìng(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
• 转危为安zhuǎn wēi wéi ānto turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
• 居安思危jū ān sī wēito think of danger in times of safety; to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
• 金融危机jīn róng wēi jīfinancial crisis
• 临危授命lín wēi shòu mìngto sacrifice one's life in a crisis
• 货币危机huò bì wēi jīmonetary crisis
• 乘人之危chéng rén zhī wēito take advantage of sb's precarious position
• 信贷危机xìn dài wēi jīcredit crisis
• 次贷危机cì dài wēi jīsubprime mortgage crisis; abbr. for 次级房屋信贷危机

Characters that look like 危

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 尾wěitail; remainder; remnant
• 辰chén5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 氖nǎineon (chemistry)
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum

Sounds the same

Read wēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 微tiny; miniature; slightly
• 威power; might; prestige
• 薇Osmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 偎to cuddle
• 煨to simmer; to roast in ashes
• 委used in 委蛇
• 巍lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 崴high, lofty; precipitous
• 葳luxuriant
• 隈bay; cove
• 逶used in 逶迤
• 揻(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)