危险
wēi xiǎn 1–3
danger; dangerous
- Characters
- 2
- 危 · 险
- Syllables
- 2
- wēi xiǎn
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,201
Part of speech: a,an,n
Character by character
- 危wēi6 strokesHSK 3dangerous, precarious; high; 12th lunar mansion, determinative star α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)
- 险xiǎn9 strokesHSK 3 traditional 險narrow pass, strategic point
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
这很危险。
Zhè hěn wēi xiǎn
It's very dangerous.
这个是危险的吗？
Zhè ge shì wēi xiǎn de ma
Is it dangerous?
危险还没有度过。
Wēi xiǎn hái méi yǒu dù guò
The danger has not passed yet.
我跟他说过很危险的。
Wǒ gēn tā shuō guo hěn wēi xiǎn de
I warned him about the danger.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 危险. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 保险bǎo xiǎnHSK 3
insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to
- 风险fēng xiǎnHSK 3
risk; hazard
- 危机wēi jīHSK 6
crisis
- 险xiǎnHSK 6
danger; dangerous; rugged
- 冒险mào xiǎnHSK 7
to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- 危害wēi hàiHSK 3
to jeopardize; to harm; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
- 探险tàn xiǎnHSK 7
to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
- 危及wēi jíHSK 7
to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
- 危急wēi jíHSK 7
critical; desperate (situation)
- 惊险jīng xiǎnHSK 7
perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
- 遇险yù xiǎnHSK 7
to get into difficulties; to meet with danger
- 艰险jiān xiǎnHSK 7
difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
- 化险为夷huà xiǎn wéi yíHSK 7
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
- 乘人之危chéng rén zhī wēiHSK 7
to take advantage of sb's precarious position