灾

Disaster in Chinese: 灾 (zāi)

zāi

disaster

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 災1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1disaster
  2. 2calamity

Stroke order

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灾

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄞ

zāi

ㄗ/ zㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

灾

Simplified

災

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 去年的水灾冲坏了不少房子。

    qù nián de shuǐ zāi chōng huài le bù shǎo fáng zi。

    Last year's flood damaged quite a few houses.

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Related words

灾害

zāi hài

calamity

火灾

huǒ zāi

serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

救灾

jiù zāi

to relieve disaster

受灾

shòu zāi

disaster-stricken

水灾

shuǐ zāi

flood

灾难

zāi nàn

disaster

灾区

zāi qū

disaster area

旱灾

hàn zāi

drought

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