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害 (hoi6) — disaster; pest; scourge in Cantonese

hoiˍ₆害
Mandarin Pinyin: hai4

Meaning of 害

noundisaster; pest; scourge
nouncontract (illness); suffer from
nounkill; murder; assassinate
nounharm; evil; disadvantage | [ant] 利
noundo harm to; cause trouble to
nounfeel (afraid, astonished, etc)
nounharmful; destructive; injurious | [ant] 益
noun(adjective) 1. Damage; 2. Harmful

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Example Sentences with 害

kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hong1,康, ziˊ²只jiu˗₃要muiˏ₅每jatˍ₆日jatˉ¹一zi1,枝, jiˏ₅已gingˉ¹經zukˉ¹足jiˏ₅以zi˗₃致mingˍ₆命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death
佢真利害，三兩下手勢就做低對手
His opponent was defeated in no time. He is really formidable.
跟住落嚟，受害者…
Carrying on, the victims...
ngoˏ₅我zeoi˗₃最ganˍ₆近gaai˗₃戒zoˊ²咗jin1,煙，kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hongˉ¹康aaˉ¹吖maaˏ₅嘛!
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係sauˍ₆受haiˍ₆害jan4.人。
He/She is the victim.
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Words Containing 害

暗害am3 hoi6
to stab in the back; to kill secretly
致命要害zi3 ming6 jiu3 hoi6
Achilles' heel
害臊hoi6 sou3
to be bashful; to feel ashamed; [粵] 怕醜
要害jiu3 hoi6
crucial point; key; strategic point; vital part; vitals
災害zoi1 hoi6
scourge
害人害物hoi6 yan4 hoi6 mat6
to harm others; to implicate someone
侵害cam1 hoi6
to encroach; to infringe
害死hoi6 sei2
to kill, to commit murder
禍害wo6 hoi6
disaster, harm; [v] damage, harm, wreck
拚死無大害pun2 sei2 mou4 daai6 hoi6
fearless, ready for any sacrifice
以詞害意ji5 ci4 hoi6 ji3
let the form of expression interfere with the meaning of a text; sacrifice clarity in using wrong words for expression
害獸驅除業者hoi6 sau3 keoi1 ceoi4 jip6 ze2
a culler (type of profession)

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