殆 (dài): (literary) dangerous, perilous, (literary) almost, well-nigh
殆 (dài) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) dangerous.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 歹 (semantic) and 台 (phonetic). It ranks #3339 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 殆 death. Its radical form 歹 (death) appears in many related characters such as 死 (sǐ, to die), 殊 (shū, (literary) to kill), 残 (cán, to destroy).
Definitions
- (literary) dangerous
- perilous
- (literary) almost
- well-nigh
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殆尽adjective | dài jìn | almost exhausted |
| 百战不殆 | bǎi zhàn bù dài | to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) |
| 危殆adjective | wēi dài | grave danger |
| 学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆 | xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài | To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) |
| 知彼知己,百战不殆 | zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài | knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War") |
| 知己知彼,百战不殆 | zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài | know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun... |
| 丧失殆尽 | sàng shī dài jìn | to be used up |
殆 appears in 7 compound words: 14 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
告别与新生 前文谈到,繁重的课业让我的精力消耗殆尽。
gào bié yǔ xīn shēng qián wén tán dào , fán chóng de kè yè ràng wǒ de jīng lì xiāo hào dài jǐn .
Farewell and New Beginnings: As mentioned earlier, my heavy course load left me completely drained.
这样的收听模式也让那种原始的“惊喜感”丧失殆尽。
zhè yàng de shōu tīng mó shì yě ràng nà zhǒng yuán shǐ de jīng xǐ gǎn sāng shī dài jǐn .
This way of listening also completely strips away that original “sense of surprise.”
青春年少的意气风发不再,仰慕与爱情也被生活消磨殆尽。
qīng chūn nián shǎo de yì qì fēng fā bù zài , yǎng mù yǔ ài qíng yě bèi shēng huó xiāo mó dài jǐn .
The youthful vigor of my younger days is gone, and admiration and love have been worn away by the grind of daily life.
天然森林遭到大面积砍伐,东京、大阪和神户等城市周围山林被砍伐殆尽。
tiān rán sēn lín zāo dào dà miàn jī kǎn fá , dōng jīng , dà 阪 hé shén hù děng chéng shì zhōu wéi shān lín bèi kǎn fá dài jǐn .
Large swaths of natural forest have been cleared, and the mountains and forests surrounding cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Kobe have been almost entirely cut down.
Character Family
歹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the death radical
Homophones — Characters pronounced dài
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