旱灾 meaning in English

hànzāi

drought

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 旱災14 strokes

Meaning of 旱灾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hànzāi
  1. drought

旱灾 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

发fā生shēng旱hàn灾zāi的de时shí候hòu,农nóng民mín很hěn难nán维wéi持chí生shēng计jì。
During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

旱 hàn · drought · 7 strokes

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灾 zāi · disaster · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 旱灾.

灾难zāinàndisaster; catastrophe
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
灾害zāihàicalamity; disaster
救灾jiùzāito relieve disaster; to help disaster victims
受灾shòuzāidisaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
水灾shuǐzāiflood; flood damage
灾区zāiqūdisaster area; stricken region
干旱gānhàndrought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
灾难性zāinànxìngcatastrophic
幸灾乐祸xìngzāilèhuò(idiom) to take pleasure in another's misfortune
灾祸zāihuòdisaster
灾星zāixīngcomet or supernova viewed as evil portent; (fig.) sb or sth that brings disaster

Questions about 旱灾

What does 旱灾 mean?

旱灾 (hànzāi) means "drought" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 旱灾?

旱灾 is made of 2 characters: 旱 (7 strokes), 灾 (7 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 旱灾 an HSK word?

Yes. 旱灾 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 旱灾 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 旱灾 is written 旱災.