HSK 5 · Money

风险 fēngxiǎn “risk” in Chinese

Traditional 風險

What 风险 means

  1. risk
  2. hazard

How to say 风险

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale险xiǎn3rd tone, dipping

风险 in a sentence

  1. 风险太大。

    Fēngxiǎn tài dà.

    The risk is too great.

    Sentence #5691298 from Tatoeba

  2. 我知道你冒了多大的风险。

    Wǒ zhīdao nǐ mào le duō dà de fēngxiǎn.

    I know how big a risk you took.

    Sentence #13526191 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我不担心风险。

    Wǒ bù dānxīn fēngxiǎn.

    I don’t worry about the risk.

    Sentence #5863291 from Tatoeba

How 风险 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 风 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
风fēngwind
  • 几table · jī
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidSimplified from 風. Picture a sail 几 filled by the wind, with a swirl 乂 inside: wind.

The character 险 (xiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
险xiǎndanger
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎn.

How to write 风险

风 4 strokes · 险 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

风险 (fēngxiǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 风险 (fēngxiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 风险

Words with 风

风fēng · wind刮风guāfēng · windy风俗fēngsú · social custom风格fēnggé · style风景fēngjǐng · scenery麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)风味fēngwèi · local flavour风度fēngdù · manner风趣fēngqù · witty威风wēifēng · impressive

Words with 险

危险wēixiǎn · danger冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance

More words: Money & Economy

产品chǎnpǐn · product出口chūkǒu · exit兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)发票fāpiào · invoice股票gǔpiào · shares黄金huángjīn · gold汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate经商jīngshāng · to be in business

FAQs

风险 (fēngxiǎn) means “risk” or “hazard”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fēngxiǎn: fēng with a 1st tone, then xiǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 风险 is written 風險. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 风险 from the suggestions. Typing fengxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
风险 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.