Chinese symbol for “crisis”
危机
wēi jī
Traditional: 危機
crisis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crisis is 危机 (wēi jī), defined as: crisis.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “crisis”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风波 (風波) | fēng bō | disturbance; crisis |
| 难关 (難關) | nán guān | difficulty; crisis |
| 急难 (急難) | jí nàn | misfortune; crisis |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 危机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 危险 (危險) | wēi xiǎn | danger; dangerous |
| 危害 | wēi hài | to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage |
| 危及 | wēi jí | to endanger; to jeopardize |
| 危急 | wēi jí | critical; desperate (situation) |
| 安危 | ān wēi | safety and danger; safety |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crisis”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.