灾
zāi
calamity, disaster, catastrophe
- Strokes
- 7
- Level
- HSK 5 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,628
- Traditional
- 災
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What 灾 means
disaster; calamity; variant of 灾; old variant of 灾
Words with 灾
- 灾难zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
- 火灾huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
- 灾难性zāi nàn xìngcatastrophic
- 灾祸zāi huòdisaster
- 灾星zāi xīngcomet or supernova viewed as evil portent; (fig.) sb or sth that brings disaster
- 灾害zāi hàicalamity; disaster
- 天灾tiān zāinatural disaster
- 灾变zāi biàncatastrophe; cataclysmic change
- 灾民zāi mínvictim (of a disaster)
- 牢狱之灾láo yù zhī zāiimprisonment
- 幸灾乐祸xìng zāi lè huòlit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
- 受灾shòu zāidisaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
灾 in a sentence
zhè chǎng zāi nàn de wéi yī xìng cún zhě shì yí gè yīng ér 。
The accident's only survivor was a baby.
wǒ men bì xū shǐ zhōng wèi zāi hài zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi 。
We must always be prepared for disasters.
qǐ chū de tiān zāi xùn sù yǎn biàn wèi le rén huò 。
What was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.
yù dào huǒ zāi dǎ 1 1 9 。
In case of fire, dial 119.
dī bà bǎo hù le chéng shì miǎn shòu hóng zāi 。
The bank secured the city from a flood.