HSK 6 · Ideas

隐患 yǐnhuàn “hidden danger” in Chinese

Traditional 隱患

What 隐患 means

  1. hidden danger
  2. potential risk
  3. a danger concealed within sth
  4. hidden damage
  5. misfortune not visible from the surface

How to say 隐患

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale隐yǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale患huàn4th tone, falling

隐患 in a sentence

  1. 这条电线有安全隐患。

    Zhè tiáo diànxiàn yǒu ānquán yǐnhuàn.

    This wire is a safety hazard.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要及时发现并消除隐患。

    Wǒmen yào jíshí fāxiàn bìng xiāochú yǐnhuàn.

    We need to find and remove hidden dangers in good time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 隐患 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 隐 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
隐yǐnsecret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
  • 阝place
  • 急anxious · jí
The character 患 (huàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
患huànto suffer
  • 串string · chuànSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 串 (chuàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with huàn.

How to write 隐患

隐 11 strokes · 患 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 隐患

Words with 隐

隐瞒yǐnmán · to conceal隐蔽yǐnbì · hidden隐约yǐnyuē · faint隐私yǐnsī · privacy

Words with 患

患者huànzhě · patient

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FAQs

隐患 (yǐnhuàn) means “hidden danger” or “potential risk”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐnhuàn: yǐn with a 3rd tone, then huàn with a 4th 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, 隐患 is written 隱患. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinhuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 隐患 from the suggestions. Typing yinhuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
隐患 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.