Meaning
disaster; calamity
Chinese: 灾难。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zai” becomes a different word in each tone. 灾 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 火灾huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
- 灾难zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
- 灾害zāi hàicalamity; disaster
- 灾区zāi qūdisaster area; stricken region
- 受灾shòu zāidisaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
Example Sentence
这次洪水给村庄带来了很大的灾难。Zhè cì hóng shuǐ gěi cūn zhuāng dài lái le hěn dà de zāi nàn.This flood brought great disaster to the village.
这Zhèthis次cìnext in sequence洪水hóng shuǐdeluge给gěito村庄cūn zhuāngvillage带来dài láito bring了le(completed action)很hěnvery大dàbig的deof灾难zāi nàndisaster。