HSK 4 · Adjectives

危险 wēixiǎn “danger” in Chinese

Traditional 危險

What 危险 means

  1. danger
  2. dangerous

How to say 危险

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale危wēi1st 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

危险 in a sentence

  1. 夜里游泳很危险。

    Yèli yóuyǒng hěn wēixiǎn.

    Swimming at night is dangerous.

    Sentence #487582 from Tatoeba

  2. 天气差的时候去爬山是很危险的。

    Tiānqì chà de shíhou qù páshān shì hěn wēixiǎn de.

    It’s dangerous to go climbing in bad weather.

    Sentence #546595 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我不觉得你会有任何危险。

    Wǒ bù juéde nǐ huì yǒu rènhé wēixiǎn.

    I don’t think you’ll be in any danger.

    Sentence #13749730 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 危险 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 危 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
危wēidanger
  • 厃to look upward
  • 㔾seal · jié
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 危险

危 6 strokes · 险 9 strokes

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

Words related to 危险

Words with 危

危害wēihài · to harm危机wēijī · crisis

Words with 险

冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance风险fēngxiǎn · risk

More words: Adjectives

实际shíjì · actual帅shuài · handsome顺利shùnlì · smoothly特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)香xiāng · fragrant相同xiāngtóng · the same详细xiángxì · detailed严格yángé · strict

FAQs

危险 (wēixiǎn) means “danger” or “dangerous”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wēixiǎn: wēi 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, 危险 is written 危險. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weixian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 危险 from the suggestions. Typing weixian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
危险 is an HSK 4 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.