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妨

fáng

HSK 5 Character

What 妨 means

1. to hinder
2. (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm
3. (what) harm

Example sentences

• 我妨碍着你吗？
  Wǒ fáng'ài zhe nǐ ma?
  Am I in your way?
• 试一下又何妨呢。
  Shì yīxià yòu héfáng ne.
  What is the harm in trying?
• 你不妨告诉我一切。
  Nǐ bù fáng gàosu wǒ yīqiè.
  You may as well tell me all about it.
• 噪音妨碍了我的学习。
  Zàoyīn fáng'ài le wǒ de xuéxí.
  Noises interfered with my studying.
• 罢工妨碍了国家经济。
  The strike affected the nation's economy.
• 群众妨碍了警员执行任务。
  Qúnzhòng fáng'ài le jǐng yuán zhíxíng rènwu.
  The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

Words starting with 妨

• 妨碍fáng àito hinder; to obstruct
• 妨害fáng hàito jeopardize; to be harmful to; to undermine
• 妨碍球fáng ài qiú(golf) stymie
• 妨功害能fáng gōng hài néngto constrain and limit successful, capable people
• 妨害公务fáng hài gōng wù(law) obstructing government administration

Words containing 妨

• 不妨bù fángthere is no harm in; might as well
• 无妨wú fángno harm (in doing it); One might as well.; It won't hurt.
• 何妨hé fángwhat harm is there in (doing sth)
• 但说无妨dàn shuō wú fángthere is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)

Characters built on 方

These share the phonetic component 方 (fāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 访fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 肪fánganimal fat

Characters that look like 妨

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

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 妈māma; mom; mother
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 劫jiéto rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 妲Dáfemale personal name (archaic)
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Sounds the same

Read fáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 房house; room; branch of an extended family
• 防to protect; to defend; to guard against
• 肪animal fat
• 坊workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. fāng
• 鲂bream; Zeus japanicus