See also: 危険 and 危险

Chinese

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danger; to endanger danger(ous); rugged
trad. (危險)
simp. (危险)
anagram 險危险危

Pronunciation

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Note: 6ngue - obsolete literary reading in Urban Shanghainese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (32)
Final () (14) (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjwe xjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiuᴇ/ /hˠiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷᵚiɛ/ /hᵚiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiuɛ/ /xiæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjwiə̆/ /hjiamX/
Li
Rong
/ŋjue/ /xjɛmX/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐwe/ /xĭɛmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋwie̯/ /xi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi xiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai4 him2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wēi xiǎn xiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjwe › ‹ xjæmX › ‹ xjemX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ŋ](r)[o]j/ /*qʰr[a]mʔ/ /*qʰr[a]mʔ/
English in danger precipitous, dangerous precipitous, dangerous

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12781 10221
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋrol/ /*qʰramʔ/

Adjective

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危險

  1. dangerous; risky; perilous
    水深危險水深危险  ―  Shuǐshēn wēixiǎn!  ―  Warning: Deep water!
    懸崖行走危險 [MSC, trad.]
    悬崖行走危险 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài xuányá biān xíngzǒu shì wēixiǎn de. [Pinyin]
    It is dangerous to walk near the edge of a cliff.
    職業危險膽子根本 [MSC, trad.]
    职业危险胆子根本 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè sì zhǒng zhíyè hěn wēixiǎn, dǎnzǐ xiǎo de rén, gēnběn gàn bù liǎo. [Pinyin]
    These four occupations are very dangerous and not for the faint-hearted.
  2. in danger; at risk
    感覺危險 [MSC, trad.]
    感觉危险 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ gǎnjué wǒ wēixiǎn le. [Pinyin]
    I feel I'm in danger.

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Noun

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危險

  1. danger; risk; peril
    危險係數危险系数  ―  wēixiǎn xìshù  ―  risk factor
    以免發生危險以免发生危险  ―  yǐmiǎn fāshēng wēixiǎn  ―  in case of danger
    路上坑坑窪窪騎車一不小心致命危險 [MSC, trad.]
    路上坑坑洼洼骑车一不小心致命危险 [MSC, simp.]
    Lùshàng kēngkēngwāwā de, qíchē de rén yībùxiǎoxīn jiù yǒu zhìmìng wēixiǎn. [Pinyin]
    Pot holes can be lethal for the unwary cyclist.

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Adverb

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危險

  1. (Wuzhou Wu, Xuanzhou Wu) very; extremely

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  • (very):

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (危險):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
けん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 危險 – see the following entry.
危険きけん
[adjective] dangerous; risky
[noun] danger
(This term, 危險, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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危險 (wiheom) (hangeul 위험)

  1. hanja form? of 위험 (danger)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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危險

  1. chữ Hán form of nguy hiểm (danger).

Adjective

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危險

  1. chữ Hán form of nguy hiểm (dangerous).
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