hài = h + ai4
to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
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How to pronounce 害

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= h initial

H is for Hamlet.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

害 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mián = mi + an2
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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fēng = f + (e)ng1
luxuriant / buxom / variant of 豐|丰[feng1] / variant of 風|风[feng1] / appearance / charm
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abundant / plentiful / fertile / plump / great
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 害 as component

xiá = xi + a2
variant of 轄|辖, to govern / to control / having jurisdiction over / linchpin of a wheel (archaic) / noise of a barrow
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xiá = xi + a2
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) (variant of 轄|辖[xia2])
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Words with 害

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to be afraid / to be scared
to injure / to harm
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent

Sentences with 害

yāo
hóu
què
shí
hai

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hài

to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity

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