险 (xiǎn) means Dangerous (strategic - vicious - rugged). Below are 23 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
这样做太冒 险 了。
Zhèyàng zuò tài màoxiǎn le.
Doing it this way is too risky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冒险
我给汽车买了保 险 。
Wǒ gěi qìchē mǎi le bǎoxiǎn.
I bought insurance for the car.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 保险
这样做会构成危 险 。
Zhèyàng zuò huì gòuchéng wēixiǎn.
Doing this would constitute a danger.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 构成
他喜欢看冒 险 故事。
Tā xǐhuan kàn màoxiǎn gùshi.
He likes reading adventure stories.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冒险
盲目投资风 险 很大。
Mángmù tóuzī fēngxiǎn hěn dà.
Investing blindly carries great risk.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盲目
沼泽地行走很危 险 。
Zhǎozé dì xíngzǒu hěn wēixiǎn.
Walking in marshland is dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沼泽
这里很危 险 ，别过去。
Zhèlǐ hěn wēixiǎn, bié guòqù.
It is dangerous here; do not go over.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 危险
开车打电话非常危 险 。
Kāi chē dǎ diànhuà fēicháng wēixiǎn.
Phoning while driving is extremely dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 危险
出国旅行最好买保 险 。
Chūguó lǚxíng zuìhǎo mǎi bǎoxiǎn.
It is best to buy insurance when travelling abroad.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 保险
盲目扩张会带来风 险 。
Mángmù kuòzhāng huì dàilái fēngxiǎn.
Blind expansion brings risk.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扩张
在路上逆行非常危 险 。
Zài lù shang nìxíng fēicháng wēixiǎn.
Driving against the traffic is extremely dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逆行
病人已经脱离了危 险 。
Bìngrén yǐjīng tuōlí le wēixiǎn.
The patient is now out of danger.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脱离
没有向导，进山很危 险 。
Méiyǒu xiàngdǎo, jìn shān hěn wēixiǎn.
Going into the mountains without a guide is dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 向导
遇到危 险 时他非常镇定。
Yùdào wēixiǎn shí tā fēicháng zhèndìng.
He is remarkably composed in danger.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镇定
医生不顾危 险 冲进了病房。
Yīshēng búgù wēixiǎn chōng jìn le bìngfáng.
The doctor rushed into the ward regardless of the danger.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不顾
投资有风 险 ，收益不保证。
Tóuzī yǒu fēngxiǎn, shōuyì bù bǎozhèng.
Investment carries risk and returns are not guaranteed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 收益
遇到危 险 的时候他非常沉着。
Yùdào wēixiǎn de shíhou tā fēicháng chénzhuó.
He is remarkably composed in the face of danger.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉着
面对危 险 ，她表现得非常机智。
Miànduì wēixiǎn, tā biǎoxiàn de fēicháng jīzhì.
Facing danger, she showed great presence of mind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 机智
他的想法比较保守，不愿意冒 险 。
Tā de xiǎngfǎ bǐjiào bǎoshǒu, bú yuànyì màoxiǎn.
His thinking is rather conservative and he is unwilling to take risks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保守
地势 险 要，自古就是兵家必争之地。
Dìshì xiǎnyào, zìgǔ jiù shì bīngjiā bì zhēng zhī dì.
The terrain is strategically vital and has been fought over since ancient times.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 地势
Reading these is one thing; producing 险 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the travel phrasebook
保 险 怎么算？
Bǎoxiǎn zěnme suàn?
How is the insurance calculated?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
Words that contain 险
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 险
How is 险 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 险 (xiǎn, "Dangerous (strategic - vicious - rugged)"), 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 险 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 险 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 险?
The dictionary page for 险 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
Keep going
Read the full entry for 险, write a sentence of your own and check it in the Pinyin Annotator, or search the whole sentence bank for another word.
Another word
Chinese, pinyin or English. Tone marks optional.