危險

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See also: 危険 and 危险

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Note: 6ngue - obsolete literary reading in Urban Shanghainese.
Rime
Character 危 險
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 支 (14) 鹽 (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 魚爲切 虚檢切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 危 險 險
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wēi xiǎn xiǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjwe › ‹ xjæmX › ‹ xjemX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)j/ /*qʰrmʔ/ /*qʰrmʔ/
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. * 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 危 險
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12781 10221
Phonetic
component 		危 僉
Rime
group 		歌 談
Rime
subdivision 		3 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		危 險
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋrol/ /*qʰramʔ/

Adjective

危險

  1. dangerous; risky; perilous
    水深危險！／水深危险！  ―  Shuǐshēn wēixiǎn!  ―  Warning: Deep water!
    在懸崖邊行走是危險的。 [MSC, trad.]
    在悬崖边行走是危险的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài xuányá biān xíngzǒu shì wēixiǎn de.
    It is dangerous to walk near the edge of a cliff.
    這四種職業很危險，膽子小的人，根本幹不了。 [MSC, trad.]
    这四种职业很危险，胆子小的人，根本干不了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè sì zhǒng zhíyè hěn wēixiǎn, dǎnzǐ xiǎo de rén, gēnběn gàn bù liǎo.
    These four occupations are very dangerous and not for the faint-hearted.
  2. in danger; at risk
    我感覺我危險了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我感觉我危险了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ gǎnjué wǒ wēixiǎn le.
    I feel I'm in danger.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

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
    路上坑坑窪窪的，騎車的人一不小心就有致命危險。 [MSC, trad.]
    路上坑坑洼洼的，骑车的人一不小心就有致命危险。 [MSC, simp.]
    Lùshàng kēngkēngwāwā de, qíchē de rén yībùxiǎoxīn jiù yǒu zhìmìng wēixiǎn.
    Pot holes can be lethal for the unwary cyclist.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Adverb

危險

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

Synonyms

  • (very):
Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
Taiwan 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
Malaysia 很
Singapore 很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jinan 挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 很
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 很, 好
Chongqing 很
Wuhan 蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
Hefei 很
Cantonese Guangzhou 好, 非常之
Hong Kong 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
Taishan 好, 十分之
Yangjiang 好
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 好
Singapore (Guangfu) 好, 非常之, 非常
Gan Nanchang 蠻
Hakka Meixian 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
Huidong (Daling) 好
Wuhua (Meilin) 好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頂
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 好
Changting 野
Wuping (Pingyu) 已, 刮
Liancheng 樣
Ninghua 好
Ruijin 蠻
Shicheng 蠻
Shangyou (Shexi) 蠻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 當, 盡, 已, 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 當, 已, 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 當, 已, 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
Hong Kong 好
Sabah (Bao'an) 好
Kuching (Hepo) 很
Singapore (Dabu) 好
Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
Northern Min Jian'ou 盡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 野, 真
Singapore (Fuqing) 真
Sitiawan (Gutian) 真
Southern Min Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
Xiamen (Tong'an) 真
Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
Jinjiang 野
Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
Zhao'an 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
Dongshan 真, 非常
Taipei 真, 誠
New Taipei (Sanxia) 真, 誠
Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
Changhua (Lukang) 真, 誠
Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Hsinchu 真, 誠
Kinmen 足, 誠
Penghu (Magong) 真, 誠
Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
Manila (Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
Chaozhou 過, 好, 非常, 死爸
Shantou 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
Shantou (Chenghai) 好, 死絕
Shantou (Chaoyang) 好, 非常
Jieyang 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
Bangkok (Teochew) 好
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
Singapore (Teochew) 真, 死爸, 非常
Wenchang 極, 但顧, 真
Haikou 但顧
Qionghai 但顧, 真
Singapore (Hainanese) 但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 好, 蠻
Wu Shanghai 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
Suzhou 蠻, 窮
Hangzhou 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
Ningbo 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
Zhoushan 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
Shuangfeng 蠻

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (危險):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
危 險
き
Grade: 6 		けん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 危險 – see the following entry.
【危険きけん】
dangerous; risky
danger
(This term, 危險, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
危險

Noun

危險 • (wiheom) (hangeul 위험)

  1. hanja form? of 위험 (“danger”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
危險

Noun

危險

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

Adjective

危險

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