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灾 zāi

disaster, catastrophe, calamity

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 5
Radical
火
Traditional
災
Type
Ideograph
Made of 宀火 ⿱宀火

Memory hint: A house 宀 on fire 火

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Example sentences with 灾

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  1. 洪水是一种自然灾害。
    Hóngshuǐ shì yì zhǒng zìrán zāihài.
    Flooding is a kind of natural disaster.
    flood is one kind natural disaster
  2. 这次地震造成了多大的灾难?
    Zhè cì dìzhèn zàochéngle duō dà de zāinàn?
    How great a disaster did this earthquake cause?
    this time earthquake cause-(particle) how big (particle) disaster (question)
  3. 请大家提前做好防灾准备。
    Qǐng dàjiā tíqián zuò hǎo fáng zāi zhǔnbèi.
    Please everyone prepare in advance for disaster prevention.
    please everyone in-advance do good prevent disaster preparation
  4. 这个地区很少发生自然灾害。
    Zhège dìqū hěn shǎo fāshēng zìrán zāihài.
    This region rarely experiences natural disasters.
    this region very rarely happen natural disaster
  5. 去年夏天,那个村子遭遇了严重的水灾。
    Qùnián xiàtiān, nàge cūnzi zāoyùle yánzhòng de shuǐzāi.
    Last summer, that village suffered a severe flood disaster.
    last-year summer, that village encounter-(particle) severe (particle) water-disaster

Words with 灾 (2)