How to say “natural disaster” in Chinese
natural disaster
“Natural disaster” in Chinese is 灾害, zāi hài: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.
How to pronounce it
灾害 is read zāi hài: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On top, 宀 “roof”; under it, 火 “fire”: a house on fire.
On top, 宀 “roof”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “灾害”.
More words from the lesson “Flood”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “natural disaster” in Chinese?
“Natural disaster” in Chinese is 灾害, pinyin zāihài.
What does 灾害 mean?
灾害 (zāihài) means “natural disaster”.
How do you write 灾害?
灾害 is 2 characters: 灾 (zāi) — disaster; 害 (hài) — harm; to harm. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 灾害?
灾害 is read zāihài. Tones: zāi — first tone, hài — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“natural disaster” in the lesson “Flood”
This word is from the topic “Energy, ecology, disasters” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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