災害

See also: 灾害

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (災害)		災	害
simp. (灾害)		灾	害

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāihài

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞㄏㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ hoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châi-hoi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chai-hāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): zai¹ hai⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāihài
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaihài
  - Wade–Giles: tsai¹-hai⁴
  - Yale: dzāi-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaihay
  - Palladius: цзайхай (czajxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi¹ hoi⁶
  - Yale: jōi hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ hoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ hoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châi-hoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: zai´ hoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zai¹ hoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ hoi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² hai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² hai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hai³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zai¹ hai⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsai hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai³³⁻²³ hai¹¹/

Noun

災害

disaster; calamity; catastrophe (Classifier: 場／场; 次; 種／种)

Synonyms

亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
劫煞 (Hokkien)
劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
厄 (literary, or in compounds)
大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
沙𧐔 (Teochew)
浩劫 (hàojié)
災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
災厄／灾厄 (zāi'è) (literary)
災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
災變／灾变 (zāibiàn) (literary, natural disaster)
災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū) (figurative)
眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

Derived terms

地質災害／地质灾害 (dìzhì zāihài)
自然災害／自然灾害 (zìrán zāihài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
災	害
さい Grade: 5	がい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠iɡa̠i]

Noun

災(さい)害(がい) • (saigai)

disaster
- 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎, retrieved 2023-04-11:
  Consider the word saigai (災害, disaster), comprised of the kanji characters wazawai (災い, mishap or bad luck) and gai (害, hazard).

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