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Jyutping zoi1
Pinyin zāi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. disaster
  2. calamity
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    帶​嚟​毀滅​、​破​壞​嘅​事件
    catastrophe; calamity; disaster
    • 天災
      天灾
      natural disaster
    • 水災
      水灾
      flood
    • 旱災
      旱灾
      drought
    • 火災
      火灾
      fire
    • 災難
      灾难
      disaster
    • 無妄之災
      无妄之灾
      unexpected misfortune
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, in-compounds, literary
    personal misfortune
  2. character, in-compounds, literary
    calamity; disaster; catastrophe
    (syn.) 惨剧, 災厄, 沙𧐔, 灾厄, 灾殃, 祸殃, 慘禍, 災劫, 人祸, 痈疽, 惨祸, 大難, 祸事, 慘事, 人禍, 天災, 禍事, 乱儿, 祸害, 祸息, 祸患, 灾祸, 災殃, 浩劫, 災變, 灾难, 巨禍, 癰疽, 禍殃, 禍息, 灾劫, 大禍, 禍, 大祸, 災難, 祸, 劫难, 患, 奇禍, 眚沴, 劫, 劫煞, 災禍, 亂兒, 央厄, 灾害, 禍害, 慘劇, 災害, 灾变, 大难, 禍患, 奇祸, 巨祸, 天灾, 惨事, 劫難, 厄
  3. character, in-compounds, literary
    stricken; disaster-affected; disaster-afflicted
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. calamity, disaster, catastrophe
  2. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    VVF
  3. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    JF
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #950
  2. HSK3 五级汉字表 #278
  3. HSK3 高等手写字表 #457
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    万一发生火灾,打碎玻璃并按下红色按钮。
    萬一發生火災,打碎玻璃並按下紅色按鈕。
    wàn yī fā shēng huǒ zāi , dǎ suì bō li bìng àn xià hóng sè àn niǔ 。
    • In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.
  2. Mandarin
    堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。
    堤壩保護了城市免受洪災。
    dī bà bǎo hù le chéng shì miǎn shòu hóng zāi 。
    • The bank secured the city from a flood.
  3. Mandarin
    我们必须始终为灾害做好准备。
    我們必須始終為災害做好準備。
    wǒ men bì xū shǐ zhōng wèi zāi hài zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi 。
    • We must always be prepared for disasters.
  4. Mandarin
    当移居者的村庄被野蛮人征服后,他们的希望和生活到了痛苦的尽头,数年对灾祸的抵抗结束了。
    當移居者的村莊被野蠻人征服後,他們的希望和生活到了痛苦的盡頭,數年對災禍的抵抗結束了。
    dāng yí jū zhě de cūn zhuāng bèi yě mán rén zhēng fú hòu , tā men de xī wàng hé shēng huó dào liǎo tòng kǔ de jìn tóu , shù nián duì zāi huò de dǐ kàng jié shù le 。
    • Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
  5. Mandarin
    每当春天来到,这条河流总是泛滥成灾。
    每當春天來到,這條河流總是氾濫成災。
    měi dāng chūn tiān lái dào , zhè tiáo hé liú zǒng shì fàn làn chéng zāi 。
    • Every spring the river floods here.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    市政府向地震受灾者提供食物同毛毡。
    市政府向地震受災者提供食物同毛氈。
    si5 zing3 fu2 hoeng3 dei6 zan3 sau6 zoi1 ze2 tai4 gung1 sik6 mat6 tung4 mou4 zin1 。
    • The city supplied the earthquake victims with food and blankets.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    灾区缺水缺粮,啲灾民唯有靠树皮充饥。
    災區缺水缺糧,啲災民唯有靠樹皮充飢。
    zoi1 keoi1 kyut3 seoi2 kyut3 loeng4, di1 zoi1 man4 wai4 jau5 kaau3 syu6 pei4 cung1 gei1.
    • Without water and food in the disaster area, refugees could only depend on bark to ease their hunger.
  2. Cantonese
    协调海啸嘅救灾工作
    協調海嘯嘅救災工作
    hip3 tiu4 hoi2 siu6 ge3 gau3 zoi1 gung1 zok3
    • to coordinate tsunami relief efforts
  3. Cantonese
    今次股灾我输咗好多钱。
    今次股災我輸咗好多錢。
    gam1 ci3 gu2 zoi1 ngo5 syu1 zo2 hou2 do1 cin2.
    • I lost a lot of money in this stock market crash.
  4. Cantonese
    大灾难已经降临喺大家身上。
    大災難已經降臨喺大家身上。
    daai6 zoi1 naan6 ji5 ging1 gong3 lam4 hai2 daai6 gaa1 san1 soeng6.
    • Great disaster has already befallen upon us.
  5. Cantonese
    消灾解难
    消災解難
    siu1 zoi1 gaai2 naan6
    • to avoid disaster and resolve problems
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    幸灾乐祸
    幸災樂禍
    xìng zāi lè huò
    • to be gratified by others' misfortunes
  2. Mandarin
    天灾
    天災
    tiān zāi
    • natural disaster
  3. Mandarin
    发生火灾莫惊慌
    發生火災莫驚慌
    fā shēng huǒ zāi mò jīng huāng
    • Don't be panicked when conflagration happens
  4. Mandarin
    灾难
    災難
    zāi nàn
    • disaster, catastrophe
  5. Mandarin
    发生了大地震,大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举,举办了多场演唱会。
    發生了大地震,大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉,舉辦了多場演唱會。
    fā shēng le dà dì zhèn , dà lù jí gǎng , ào , tái sān dì yì rén wèi le jiù zāi gòng xiāng shèng jǔ , jǔ bàn le duō chǎng yǎn chàng huì .
    • After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.