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Keyword
almost
  • probably
  • danger
  • peril
  • to endanger
Frequency
#3121
Strokes
9
Readings
dài
Mnemonic
歹 (death) gives the meaning and 台 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
殆尽dàijìn
almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
殆dài
(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
危殆wēidài
grave danger; in jeopardy; in a critical condition
百战不殆bǎizhànbùdài
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 (SūnzǐBīngfǎ)); to win every fight
丧失殆尽sàngshīdàijìn
to be used up; to be exhausted