灾 (zāi) means Disaster (calamity). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们要预防自然 灾 害。
Wǒmen yào yùfáng zìrán zāihài.
We must guard against natural disasters.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灾害
军队参与了这次救 灾 。
Jūnduì cānyù le zhè cì jiùzāi.
The army took part in this disaster relief.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 军队
救 灾 物资已经运到了。
Jiùzāi wùzī yǐjīng yùn dào le.
The relief supplies have arrived.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 物资
救援队被派遣到了 灾 区。
Jiùyuán duì bèi pàiqiǎn dào le zāiqū.
The rescue team was dispatched to the disaster area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 派遣
这场 灾 害造成了很大损失。
Zhè chǎng zāihài zàochéng le hěn dà sǔnshī.
This disaster caused heavy losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灾害
网上的虚假信息泛滥成 灾 。
Wǎng shang de xūjiǎ xìnxī fànlàn chéng zāi.
False information online has flooded out of control.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泛滥
他们给 灾 区送去了慰问品。
Tāmen gěi zāiqū sòng qù le wèiwèn pǐn.
They sent comfort supplies to the disaster area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 慰问
人们在 灾 难面前互相帮助。
Rénmen zài zāinàn miànqián hùxiāng bāngzhù.
People help one another in the face of disaster.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灾难
他们支援了 灾 区大量物资。
Tāmen zhīyuán le zāiqū dàliàng wùzī.
They sent large quantities of supplies to the disaster area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 支援
政府向 灾 区发放了救济物资。
Zhèngfǔ xiàng zāiqū fāfàng le jiùjì wùzī.
The government distributed relief supplies to the disaster area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 救济
面对天 灾 ，人有时无能为力。
Miànduì tiānzāi, rén yǒushí wú néng wéi lì.
In the face of natural disaster people are sometimes powerless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无能为力
这个地区遭受了严重的旱 灾 。
Zhège dìqū zāoshòu le yánzhòng de hànzāi.
This region suffered a severe drought.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遭受
那场 灾 难让很多人失去了家园。
Nà chǎng zāinàn ràng hěn duō rén shīqù le jiāyuán.
That disaster left many people homeless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灾难
政府为受 灾 群众安置了临时住房。
Zhèngfǔ wèi shòuzāi qúnzhòng ānzhì le línshí zhùfáng.
The government arranged temporary housing for the disaster victims.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安置
昨天下了一场冰雹，庄稼受了 灾 。
Zuótiān xià le yì chǎng bīngbáo, zhuāngjia shòu le zāi.
There was a hailstorm yesterday and the crops were damaged.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冰雹
这场雨对 灾 区来说无异于雪上加霜。
Zhè chǎng yǔ duì zāiqū láishuō wú yì yú xuěshàngjiāshuāng.
For the disaster area this rain was one more misfortune on top of another.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雪上加霜
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Words that contain 灾
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Questions about 灾
How is 灾 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 灾 (zāi, "Disaster (calamity)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 灾 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 灾 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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