Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wēi
- Wēi
English
- dangerous, precarious
- surname Wei
- danger
- high
- to endanger
- 12th lunar mansion, determinative star α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)
- Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Ngai"
- (of situations) dangerous; perilous
粵語
- 姓
- 情況危險；失敗嘅風險大
As a component in · 77
Variants
Words containing 危
- 危急ngai4 gap1
critical
- 危機ngai4 gei1
crisis
- 危險ngai4 him2
danger
- 危害ngai4 hoi6
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger
- 危及ngai4 kap6
to endanger
- 安危on1 ngai4
safety and danger
- 瀕危pan4 ngai4
endangered (species)
- 危難ngai4 naan6
calamity
- 病危beng6 ngai4
to be critically ill
- 高危gou1 ngai4
high-risk
- 危樓ngai4 lau4
(literary) tall building
- 扶危fu4 ngai4
to help those in distress
- 危亡ngai4 mong4
at stake
- 危機感ngai4 gei1 gam2
sense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability (often actively cultivated to spur preparedness or action)
- 危言聳聽ngai4 jin4 sung2 ting3
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
- 垂危seoi4 ngai4
close to death
- 危險品ngai4 him2 ban2
hazardous materials
- 危殆ngai4 toi5
grave danger
- 危地馬拉ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1
Guatemala
- 危境ngai4 ging2
dangerous situation
- 危機四伏ngai4 gei1 sei3 fuk6
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
- 傾危king1 ngai4
in danger of collapse
- 危在旦夕ngai4 zoi6 daan3 zik6
in imminent peril (idiom)
- 危徑ngai4 ging3
steep and perilous path