Chinese Word: 殆 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

殆

Pinyin: dài

English Definition: dangerous; perilous; to endanger; almost; probably; only

Chinese Definition:
①危：危殆。危乎殆哉。知足不辱，知止不殆(懂得满足不贪心就不会受辱，懂得适可而止就不会遭到危险)。
②大概，几乎：伤亡殆尽。
③古同“怠”，懈怠。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 歹

Pictophonetic:台 indicates the sound; 歹 (death) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 歹 [ dǎi ] corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
- 台 [ tái ] platform; unit; term of address

Similar Characters: 秮

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殆尽	dài jìn	nearly exhausted; practically nothing left
百战不殆	bǎi zhàn bù dài	to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 ); to win every fight
危殆	wēi dài	grave danger; in jeopardy; in a critical condition
车殆马乏	chē dài mǎ fá	to be worn out from hard travel (idiom)
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆	xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài	To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)

1		dí rén 敌人 shāng wáng dài jìn 伤亡殆尽。 The enemy were practically wiped out.
2		wǒ men 我们 jiān jué 坚决 fǎn duì 反对、 dǎ jī 打击 zhè 这 lèi 类 pò huài 破坏 huó dòng 活动， yán chéng 严惩 bù 不 dài 殆。 We are firmly opposed to combat such destructive activities do not endanger severely.
3		rè nao 热闹 de 的 jí shì 集市 shè zài 设在 sì miào 寺庙 qián 前。 yǔ 雨 yī dà 一大 qīng zǎo 清早 jiù 就 kāi shǐ 开始 xià 下 le 了， bái tiān 白天 jí jiāng 即将 jǐn 尽 dài 殆。 The fair was on before the temple. It had rained from the early morning and the day came to its end.
4		dàn 但 zhè 这 hǎo xiāo xī 好消息 bù 不 kě néng 可能 yě 也 bú huì 不会 yì zhí 一直 bǎo chí 保持 bú biàn 不变， dài 殆 wú yí 无疑 yì 义 yě 也。 But almost certainly it cannot and will not last.
5		liǎng gè 两个 nǚ rén 女人， ruò fēi 若非 yǐ 以 dì sān gè rén 第三个人 wèi 为 xī shēng 牺牲， zé 则 dài 殆 wú 无 xiāng hǎo 相好 zhī 之 shí 时。 Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person.

1		dí rén 敌人 shāng wáng dài jìn 伤亡殆尽。 The enemy were practically wiped out.
2		wǒ men 我们 jiān jué 坚决 fǎn duì 反对、 dǎ jī 打击 zhè 这 lèi 类 pò huài 破坏 huó dòng 活动， yán chéng 严惩 bù 不 dài 殆。 We are firmly opposed to combat such destructive activities do not endanger severely.
3		rè nao 热闹 de 的 jí shì 集市 shè zài 设在 sì miào 寺庙 qián 前。 yǔ 雨 yī dà 一大 qīng zǎo 清早 jiù 就 kāi shǐ 开始 xià 下 le 了， bái tiān 白天 jí jiāng 即将 jǐn 尽 dài 殆。 The fair was on before the temple. It had rained from the early morning and the day came to its end.
4		dàn 但 zhè 这 hǎo xiāo xī 好消息 bù 不 kě néng 可能 yě 也 bú huì 不会 yì zhí 一直 bǎo chí 保持 bú biàn 不变， dài 殆 wú yí 无疑 yì 义 yě 也。 But almost certainly it cannot and will not last.
5		liǎng gè 两个 nǚ rén 女人， ruò fēi 若非 yǐ 以 dì sān gè rén 第三个人 wèi 为 xī shēng 牺牲， zé 则 dài 殆 wú 无 xiāng hǎo 相好 zhī 之 shí 时。 Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person.