HSK 5 · Verbs

冒险 màoxiǎn “to take risks” in Chinese

Traditional 冒險

What 冒险 means

  1. to take risks
  2. to take chances
  3. foray
  4. adventure

How to say 冒险

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale冒mào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale险xiǎn3rd tone, dipping

冒险 in a sentence

  1. 他喜欢冒险。

    Tā xǐhuan màoxiǎn.

    He likes adventure.

    Sentence #335025 from Tatoeba

  2. 要这么做，你需要冒险。

    Yào zhème zuò, nǐ xūyào màoxiǎn.

    In order to do that, you have to take risks.

    Sentence #501339 from Tatoeba

  3. 我不想做任何冒险的事。

    Wǒ bùxiǎng zuò rènhé màoxiǎn de shì.

    I don’t want to do anything risky.

    Sentence #889169 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 冒险 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 冒 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out
  • 日sun · rì
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
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 冒险

冒 9 strokes · 险 9 strokes

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

Words related to 冒险

Words with 冒

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold冒犯màofàn · to offend冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as

Words with 险

危险wēixiǎn · danger保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance风险fēngxiǎn · risk

More words: Common Verbs

流传liúchuán · to spread漏lòu · to leak轮流lúnliú · to alternate落后luòhòu · to fall behind面对miànduì · to face面临miànlín · to face摸mō · to feel with the hand模仿mófǎng · to imitate

FAQs

冒险 (màoxiǎn) means “to take risks” or “to take chances”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it màoxiǎn: mào with a 4th 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, 冒险 is written 冒險. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maoxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冒险 from the suggestions. Typing maoxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冒险 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.