危害

wēihài

verb HSK 5 #6,619

Meanings

HSK 4

吸烟危害健康。

Xīyān wēihài jiànkāng.

Smoking harms your health.

HSK 4

污染对环境的危害很大。

Wūrǎn duì huánjìng de wēihài hěn dà.

Pollution's harm to the environment is great.

HSK 5

这种行为会危害社会安全。

Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi huì wēihài shèhuì ānquán.

This kind of behavior will endanger public safety.

usage

危害 can be a verb (to harm) or noun (harm/damage). As a noun: 危害很大 (the harm is great). As a verb: 危害健康 (harm health).

危 wēi

害 hài