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险

xiǎn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 險

What 险 means

1. danger
2. dangerous
3. rugged

Example sentences

• 危险！
  Watch out!
• 好险啊！
  Hǎoxiǎn ā!
  That was a close one.
• 有风险。
  There are risks.
• 铤而走险。
  Tǐng'érzǒuxiǎn.
  Necessity knows no law.
• 不要冒险。
  Don't run risks.
• 风险太大。
  The risk is too great.

Words starting with 险

• 险些xiǎn xiēnarrowly; almost; nearly
• 险恶xiǎn èdangerous; sinister; vicious
• 险峻xiǎn jùn(of terrain) mountainous; rugged; (of a situation) precarious; daunting
• 险情xiǎn qíngperil; dangerous circumstance
• 险境xiǎn jìngcritical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone
• 险胜xiǎn shèngto win by a narrow margin
• 险要xiǎn yàostrategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location
• 险球xiǎn qiúdangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc)
• 险种xiǎn zhǒnginsurance type
• 险象环生xiǎn xiàng huán shēngdangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
• 险固xiǎn gù(of terrain) rugged, providing a natural barrier to invasion
• 险阻xiǎn zǔdangerous and difficult (path)
• 险滩xiǎn tānshoals; rapids; treacherous section of a river
• 险症xiǎn zhèngcritical illness
• 险峰xiǎn fēngperilous peak; the lofty heights
• 险诈xiǎn zhàsinister and deceitful
• 险兆xiǎn zhàoevil omen

Words containing 险

• 危险wēi xiǎndanger; dangerous
• 保险bǎo xiǎninsurance; to insure; safe
• 风险fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
• 冒险mào xiǎnto take risks; to take chances; foray
• 探险tàn xiǎnto explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
• 惊险jīng xiǎnperilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
• 历险lì xiǎnto experience adventures
• 阴险yīn xiǎntreacherous; sinister
• 保险费bǎo xiǎn fèiinsurance fee
• 保险柜bǎo xiǎn guìa safe; strongbox
• 社会保险shè huì bǎo xiǎnsocial security
• 保险箱bǎo xiǎn xiāngsafe deposit box; safe
• 抢险qiǎng xiǎnemergency (measures); to react to an emergency
• 艰险jiān xiǎndifficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
• 凶险xiōng xiǎndangerous; ruthless; treacherous
• 探险家tàn xiǎn jiāexplorer
• 脱险tuō xiǎnto get out of danger
• 保险人bǎo xiǎn réninsurer
• 遇险yù xiǎnto get into difficulties; to meet with danger
• 铤而走险tǐng ér zǒu xiǎnto take a risk out of desperation (idiom)
• 有惊无险yǒu jīng wú xiǎnto be more scared than hurt (idiom); to get through a daunting experience without mishap
• 被保险人bèi bǎo xiǎn réninsured party; the person or entity covered under an insurance policy
• 保险杠bǎo xiǎn gàngcar bumper
• 冒险家mào xiǎn jiāadventurer

Characters built on 佥

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

• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 脸liǎnface
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 睑jiǎneyelid

Characters that look like 险

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

• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 陡dǒusteep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden
• 陲chuífrontier

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 显to make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 洗used in 洗马
• 鲜few; rare
• 铣shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
• 藓moss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 狝to hunt in autumn (archaic)
• 蚬basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 跣barefooted
• 燹conflagration
• 姺name of an ancient state
• 崄precipitous; rugged
• 幰curtain at front of carriage