禍害

See also: 祸害

Chinese

		disaster	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (禍害)		禍	害
simp. (祸害)		祸	害

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ hoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fo-hoi
• Jin (Wiktionary): hue³ hai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō-hāi / hǒ͘-hāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòhài → huòhai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄏㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòhåi
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-hai⁵
    • Yale: hwò-hai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh.hay
    • Palladius: хохай (xoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁶ hoi⁶
    • Yale: woh hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² hɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fo-hoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo hoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo⁴ hoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fo⁵⁵ hoi̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hue³ hai²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɤ⁴⁵ xai⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: hō-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoixhai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ hai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ hai³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ hai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒ͘-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: hǒo-hāi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²² hai⁴¹/

Noun

禍害

1. 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)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 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)
• 禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
• 禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
• 禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

 

Verb

禍害

1. to harm; to wreck; to damage

   禍害老百姓／祸害老百姓  ―  huòhài lǎobǎixìng  ―  to harm the common people

Synonyms

• 傷害／伤害 (shānghài)
• 危及 (wēijí)
• 危害 (wēihài)
• 妨害 (fánghài)
• 戕害 (qiānghài) (literary)
• 戕賊／戕贼 (literary)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 損傷／损伤 (sǔnshāng)
• 損害／损害 (sǔnhài)
• 暴害 (bàohài) (literary)
• 有傷／有伤 (yǒushāng) (chiefly used in derived terms)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 好人不長壽，禍害一千年／好人不长寿，祸害一千年

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (禍害):

• → Japanese: 禍(か)害(がい) (kagai)
• → Korean: 화해(禍害) (hwahae)
• → Vietnamese: hoạ hại (禍害)