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Chinese
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- 危機 (Written Standard Chinese?)
- 危機 (Cantonese)
Pronunciation
Noun
危機
- hidden danger or disaster
- crisis (Classifier: 場/场 m; 個/个)
- 信仰危機/信仰危机 ― xìnyǎng wēijī ― belief crisis
- 自殺危機/自杀危机 ― zìshā wēijī ― suicidal crisis
- 次貸危機/次贷危机 ― cìdài wēijī ― subprime mortgage crisis
Synonyms
- (danger): (literary) 阽危 (diànwēi), 危險/危险 (wēixiǎn)
- (crisis): 急變/急变 (jíbiàn), 急難/急难 (jínàn)
Derived terms
Further reading
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
危機 • (kiki)
- crisis, pinch
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Derived terms
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
危機 • (wigi) (hangeul 위기)
- hanja form? of 위기 (“crisis”)
Vietnamese
Noun
危機
- chữ Hán form of nguy cơ (“danger; hazard”).