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殆
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perilous

HSK 10
Abstract →Qualities
dài
タイ、サイ
ほとほと、ほとん.ど、あやうい
태
Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.
Components
歹 malicious+ 台 platform =
殆 perilous
歹 Meaning component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
台 Phonetic component
tái platform
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Notes
Similar Characters
列 line up死 death歼 wipe (simp)殁 die (simp)殂 to die殃 calamity殄 end殇 young (simp)殉 die for cause殊 dissimilar残 incomplete (jp)殍 to starve to death殒 perish (simp)殓 dress corpse for burial (simp)殖 breed殗 repeated殘 incomplete (trad)殚 entirely (simp)殛 to put to殞 vanish (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
殆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
殆 [dài]
dangerous; perilous; to endanger; almost; probably; only
Japanese
殆 、 幾 ほとほと 同音
adverb usually kana quite; utterly; really; completely (usu. indicates exasperation)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
お手伝いさんは毎日の家事にはほとほとうんざりしていた。
The maid was dead tired of her household chores.
CHINESE WORDS (13)
殆尽 [dài​jìn] #16,567
nearly exhausted
殆尽 [dài​jìn] #16,567
nearly exhausted
百战不殆 [bǎi​zhàn​bù​dài] #45,864
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn​zǐ​Bīng​fǎ]); to win every fight
百战不殆 [bǎi​zhàn​bù​dài] #45,864
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn​zǐ​Bīng​fǎ]); to win every fight
危殆 [wēi​dài] #48,227
grave danger
丧失殆尽 [sàng​shī​dài​jìn]
to be used up
丧失殆尽 [sàng​shī​dài​jìn]
to be used up
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)
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[Sūn​zǐ​Bīng​fǎ])
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JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 幾 [いく] #6,358
some
⭐ 殆ど [ほとんど] #8,485
almost
ほとんどの人 [ほとんどのひと] #24,415
almost everyone
殆どない [ほとんどない] #28,092
hardly any
危殆 [きたい] #113,997
danger
危殆に瀕する [きたいにひんする] #194,356
to face danger
彼を知り己を知れば、百戦殆からず [かれをしりおのれをしれば、ひゃくせんあやうからず]
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated