危害

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (危害)		危	害
simp. ^#(危害)		危	害

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēihài, wéihài

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄏㄞˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ hoi⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngùi-hoi

(Hailu, HRS): ngui hoi^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gûi-hāi / ûi-hāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguin⁵ hai⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēihài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weihài
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-hai⁴
  - Yale: wēi-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueihay
  - Palladius: вэйхай (vɛjxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéihài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéihài
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-hai⁴
  - Yale: wéi-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihay
  - Palladius: вэйхай (vɛjxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    危害
    為害 / 为害
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
  - Yale: ngàih hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ hoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ hoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ hɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngùi-hoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngui^ˇ hoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngui² hoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋu̯i¹¹ hoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngui hoi^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋui⁵⁵ hoi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: guî-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gui'hai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² hai²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ hai³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ hai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² hai²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: uî-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'hai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² hai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguin⁵ hai⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngûiⁿ hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋũĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hai¹¹/

Verb

危害

to harm; to endanger; to jeopardise; to threaten
吸煙危害健康。／吸烟危害健康。 ― Xīyān wēihài jiànkāng. ― Smoking is harmful to health.

對身體的危害／对身体的危害 ― duì shēntǐ de wēihài ― harms to the body

Synonyms

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傷害 / 伤害 (shānghài)
危及 (wēijí)
妨害 (fánghài)
戕害 (qiānghài) (literary)
戕賊 / 戕贼 (literary)
損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
損傷 / 损伤 (sǔnshāng)
損害 / 损害 (sǔnhài)
暴害 (bàohài) (literary)
有傷 / 有伤 (yǒushāng) (chiefly used in derived terms)
禍 / 祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
禍害 / 祸害 (huòhài)

Derived terms

危害性 (wēihàixìng)
生物危害 (shēngwù wēihài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
危	害
き Grade: 6	がい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きがい [kíꜜgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

危(き)害(がい) • (kigai)

harm

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
危	害

Noun

危害 • (wihae) (hangeul 위해)

hanja form^? of 위해 (“harm; danger”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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