灾祸 meaning in English

zāihuò

disaster

Traditional 災禍18 strokes

Meaning of 灾祸

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zāihuò
  1. disaster

灾祸 in example sentences

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

乐lè观guān者zhě在zài灾zāi祸huò中zhōng看kàn到dào机jī会huì,悲bēi观guān者zhě在zài机jī会huì中zhōng看kàn到dào灾zāi祸huò。
Optimists see opportunities in disasters while pessimists find disasters in every opportunity.

Stroke order for each character

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

灾 zāi · disaster · 7 strokes

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  6. 6
  7. 7

祸 huò · misfortune · 11 strokes

  1. 1
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 灾祸.

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
车祸chēhuòtraffic accident; car crash
罪魁祸首zuìkuí-huòshǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
祸害huòhaidisaster; harm
旱灾hànzāidrought
闯祸chuǎnghuòto cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble

Questions about 灾祸

What does 灾祸 mean?

灾祸 (zāihuò) means "disaster".

How do you write 灾祸?

灾祸 is made of 2 characters: 灾 (7 strokes), 祸 (11 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 灾祸 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 灾祸 is written 災禍.