危
wēi
danger
surname Wei; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
这条路很危险，你要小心。
zhè tiáo lù hěn wēi xiǎn，nǐ yào xiǎo xīn。
This road is very dangerous, you need to be careful.
洪水会危及附近村子里的人。
hóng shuǐ huì wēi jí fù jìn cūn zi lǐ de rén。
The flood will endanger the people in the nearby village.
Words with 危
危险品
wēi xiǎn pǐn
hazardous materials
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
to think of danger in times of safety
危机感
wēi jī gǎn
sense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability (often actively cultivated to spur preparedness or action)
金融危机
jīn róng wēi jī
financial crisis
临危
lín wēi
dying (from illness)
临危受命
lín wēi shòu mìng
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
临危授命
lín wēi shòu mìng
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
道高益安，势高益危
dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
高危
gāo wēi
high-risk
乘人之危
chéng rén zhī wēi
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
信用危机
xìn yòng wēi jī
credit crisis