Dong Chinese dictionary

dài

dangerous

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.

Components

歹 Meaning component

dǎi

evil, bad

台 Sound component

tái

platform

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dài

dangerous, perilous; endanger; dangerous; perilous; to endanger; almost; probably; only

Most common words with 殆

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	殆	dangerous
	殆尽	nearly exhausted
	百战不殆	to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法\|孙子兵法[SūnzǐBīngfǎ]); to win every fight
	危殆	grave danger

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