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灾

zāi

calamity, disaster, catastrophe

Shadow
Strokes
7
Radical
火
HSK
5
Tone
1

Traditional form: 災

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 地震带来了灾难。

    Dì zhèn dài lái le zāi nàn

    The earthquake brought about disaster.

  • 我们必须始终为灾害做好准备。

    Wǒ men bì xū shǐ zhōng wèi zāi hài zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi

    We must always be prepared for disasters.

  • 这场火灾的起因是一个微波炉。

    Zhè chǎng huǒ zāi de qǐ yīn shì yī gè wēi bō lú

    The cause of this fire was a microwave oven.

  • 救助人员将为地震受灾者发放物资。

    Jiù zhù rén yuán jiāng wèi dì zhèn shòu zāi zhě fā fàng wù zī

    The rescue workers are going to hand out supplies to the victims of the earthquake.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 灾

  • 火灾huǒ zāi 3–1 serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
  • 灾难zāi nàn 1–4 disaster; catastrophe
  • 灾zāi 1disaster; calamity
  • 灾害zāi hài 1–4 calamity; disaster
  • 灾区zāi qū 1–1 disaster area; stricken region
  • 受灾shòu zāi 4–1 disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
  • 救灾jiù zāi 4–1 to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims
  • 水灾shuǐ zāi 3–1 flood; flood damage
  • 旱灾hàn zāi 4–1 drought