dài = d + ai4
dangerous / perilous / to endanger / almost / probably / only
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How to pronounce 殆

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.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

殆 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
dǎi = d + ai3
bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78
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tái = t + ai2
(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2]
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tái = t + ai2
desk / table / counter
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tái = t + ai2
Taiwan (abbr.)
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tái = t + ai2
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
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tái = t + ai2
typhoon
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Characters with 殆 as component

殆 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 殆

nearly exhausted / practically nothing left
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to win every fight
grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition

Sentences with 殆

殆 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 殆 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

dài

dangerous / perilous / to endanger / almost / probably / only

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