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害

hài

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

害 (hài) means "to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 害 means

1. to do harm to
2. to cause trouble to
3. harm
4. evil
5. calamity

Example sentences

• 别害羞
  Bié hàixiū
  Don't be shy!
• 别害羞！
  Don't be shy!
• 她害怕。
  She is scared.
• 他害怕。
  He's afraid.
• 我害羞。
  I was shy.
• 别害怕！
  Don't be afraid!

Words starting with 害

• 害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared
• 害羞hài xiūshy; embarrassed; bashful
• 害人hài rénto harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize
• 害死hài sǐto kill; to cause death; to do sb to death
• 害虫hài chónginjurious insect; pest
• 害臊hài sàoto be bashful; to feel ashamed
• 害处hài chudamage; harm
• 害得hài deto cause or lead to sth bad
• 害月子hài yuè zimorning sickness (in pregnancy)
• 害病hài bìngto fall sick; to contract an illness
• 害命hài mìngto kill sb; to murder
• 害人精hài rén jīnggoblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest
• 害喜hài xǐto react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain…
• 害群之马hài qún zhī mǎlit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep
• 害相思病hài xiāng sī bìngsick with love
• 害眼hài yǎnto have eye trouble
• 害鸟hài niǎopest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
• 害人虫hài rén chóngpest; evildoer
• 害兽hài shòuvermin; harmful animal
• 害肚子hài dù ziupset stomach; stomachache
• 害人不浅hài rén bù qiǎn(idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm
• 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无hài rén zhī xīn bù kě yǒu , fáng rén zhī xīn bù kě wúrefrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
• 害口hài kǒusee 害喜

Words containing 害

• 厉害lì hai…
• 危害wēi hàito harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
• 灾害zāi hàicalamity; disaster
• 迫害pò hàito persecute
• 利害lì hàipros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses
• 陷害xiàn hàito entrap; to set up; to frame (up)
• 伤害shāng hàito injure; to harm
• 损害sǔn hàiharm; to damage; to impair
• 杀害shā hàito murder
• 受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim; those injured and wounded
• 有害yǒu hàidestructive; harmful; damaging
• 侵害qīn hàito encroach on; to infringe on
• 受害人shòu hài rénvictim
• 要害yào hàivital part; (fig.) key point; crucial
• 受害shòu hàito suffer damage, injury etc; damaged; injured
• 被害人bèi hài rénvictim
• 毒害dú hàito harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt…
• 自然灾害zì rán zāi hàinatural disaster
• 遇害yù hàito be murdered
• 残害cán hàito injure; to devastate; to slaughter
• 祸害huò hàidisaster; harm; scourge
• 无害wú hàiharmless
• 加害jiā hàito injure
• 谋害móu hàito conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life

Characters that look like 害

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

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 售shòu(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 酋qiútribal chief
• 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly
• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum

Sounds the same

Read hài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骇to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 亥12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the…
• 氦helium (chemistry)
• 嗐exclamation of regret
• 餀tainted food

Where 害 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 10 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hài correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.