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殆

dài

Character

What 殆 means

1. literarydangerous; perilous
2. literaryalmost; well-nigh

Example sentences

• 你母亲现在情况危殆。
  Nǐ mǔqīn xiànzài qíngkuàng wēidài.
  Your mother is in critical condition.

Words starting with 殆

• 殆尽dài jìnalmost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left

Words containing 殆

• 危殆wēi dàigrave danger; in jeopardy; in a critical condition
• 丧失殆尽sàng shī dài jìnto be used up; to be exhausted
• 百战不殆bǎi zhàn bù dàito come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法
• 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dàiTo learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
• 知己知彼，百战不殆zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dàiknow yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated…
• 知彼知己，百战不殆zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dàiknowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles…

Characters built on 台

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

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 苔tāiused in 舌苔
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent
• 跆táito trample, to kick
• 邰Táisurname Tai; name of a feudal state
• 绐dàito cheat; to pretend; to deceive
• 炱táisoot

Characters that look like 殆

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

• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam