Chinese Word: 祸 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

祸 (Trad.: 禍)HSK 6

Pinyin: huò

English Definition: disaster; misfortune; calamity

Chinese Definition:
①灾殃，苦难：祸殃。祸害。祸患。祸根。祸端。祸首。祸事。战祸。惹祸。祸从口出。祸起萧墙(“萧墙”是照壁，意思是祸事发生在家里，喻内部发生祸乱)。
②危害，使受灾殃：祸国殃民。

Antonyms: 福

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 示

Pictophonetic:呙 indicates the sound; 礻 (spirit) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 礻 [ shì ] spirit
- 呙 [ guō ] to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth

Similar Characters: 娲剐锅涡

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车祸	chē huò	traffic accident; car crash; Classifiers: 场
幸灾乐祸	xìng zāi lè huò	lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
祸福	huò fú	disaster and happiness
灾祸	zāi huò	disaster
祸根	huò gēn	root of the trouble; cause of the ruin

1		zhè cì 这次 chē huò 车祸 zào chéng le 造成了 bú xìng 不幸 de 的 shāng wáng 伤亡。 The unfortunate accident resulted in casualties.
2		zhè ge 这个 xiǎo hái 小孩 tài 太 tiáo pí 调皮 le 了， jīng cháng 经常 rě huò 惹祸。 This child is too mischievous and often causes trouble.
3		zhè 这 zé 则 xīn wén 新闻 bào dào 报道 le 了 yì qǐ 一起 zhòng dà 重大 de 的 chē huò 车祸。 This news reported a major car accident.
4		tā 他 yīn wèi 因为 méi 没 jì 系 ān quán dài 安全带 ér 而 zài 在 chē huò 车祸 zhōng 中 shòu shāng 受伤。 He was injured in the car accident because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
5		tā 她 zài 在 chē huò 车祸 zhōng 中 shòu shāng 受伤， bú xìng 不幸 shī qù 失去 le 了 yī gè 一个 shǒu zhǐ 手指。 She was injured in a car accident and lost one finger unfortunately.

1		zhè cì 这次 chē huò 车祸 zào chéng le 造成了 bú xìng 不幸 de 的 shāng wáng 伤亡。 The unfortunate accident resulted in casualties.
2		zhè ge 这个 xiǎo hái 小孩 tài 太 tiáo pí 调皮 le 了， jīng cháng 经常 rě huò 惹祸。 This child is too mischievous and often causes trouble.
3		zhè 这 zé 则 xīn wén 新闻 bào dào 报道 le 了 yì qǐ 一起 zhòng dà 重大 de 的 chē huò 车祸。 This news reported a major car accident.
4		tā 他 yīn wèi 因为 méi 没 jì 系 ān quán dài 安全带 ér 而 zài 在 chē huò 车祸 zhōng 中 shòu shāng 受伤。 He was injured in the car accident because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
5		tā 她 zài 在 chē huò 车祸 zhōng 中 shòu shāng 受伤， bú xìng 不幸 shī qù 失去 le 了 yī gè 一个 shǒu zhǐ 手指。 She was injured in a car accident and lost one finger unfortunately.