HSK 5 · Nature

灾害 zāihài “calamity” in Chinese

Traditional 災害

What 灾害 means

  1. calamity
  2. disaster

Measure word 个 gè · 一个灾害 yí ge zāihài

How to say 灾害

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale灾zāi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale害hài4th tone, falling

灾害 in a sentence

  1. 我们必须始终为灾害做好准备。

    Wǒmen bìxū shǐzhōng wèi zāihài zuò hǎo zhǔnbèi.

    We must always be prepared for disasters.

    Sentence #336856 from Tatoeba

  2. 这是环境灾害。

    Zhè shì huánjìng zāihài.

    It’s an environmental disaster.

    Sentence #13180224 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 灾害 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 灾 (zāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
灾zāidisaster; calamity
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 火fire · huǒ
The character 害 (hài) with each of its parts in a different colour
害hàito do harm to
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 丰abundant · fēng
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 灾害

灾 7 strokes · 害 10 strokes

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

Words related to 灾害

Words with 灾

灾难zāinàn · disaster

Words with 害

害怕hàipà · afraid of厉害lìhai · impressive害羞hàixiū · shy伤害shānghài · to hurt危害wēihài · to harm利害lìhai · terrible迫害pòhài · to persecute陷害xiànhài · to frame

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FAQs

灾害 (zāihài) means “calamity” or “disaster”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zāihài: zāi with a 1st tone, then hài 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, 灾害 is written 災害. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one calamity is 一个灾害 (yí ge zāihài).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaihai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 灾害 from the suggestions. Typing zaihai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
灾害 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.