危害性

wēihàixìng

noun #37,935

Meanings

1 harmfulness
2 degree of harm / hazardousness

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

法官综合考虑了行为的危害性。

Fǎguān zōnghé kǎolǜ le xíngwéi de wēihàixìng.

The judge took the harmfulness of the conduct into overall consideration.

HSK 7-9

网络谣言的社会危害性不容忽视。

Wǎngluò yáoyán de shèhuì wēihàixìng bùróng hūshì.

The social harm of online rumors must not be ignored.

Tips

usage

性 (-ness/-ity) nominalizes 危害 'to harm.' Standard in legal and policy writing: 社会危害性 'harm to society' is a key phrase in Chinese criminal law theory used to grade the seriousness of an offense.

Stroke Order

危 wēi

害 hài

性 xìng