| 害 | 923C30 62.40-1 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄏㄞˋ [hai4] (*ㄏㄜˊ [he2] ). | ||
| N. | An evil, cause of trouble: 為民除害 remove the evils (such as banditry) from the people; 災害，禍害 a disaster; 傷害 damage, injury; 有害 harmful, 無害 harmless. | |||||
| Pron. | (AC) (*[he2]) (interch. 曷) why not: 時日害喪 (also wr. 曷喪) why does not the day blot out? (complaint of bitterly oppressed people); (AC cogn. 何) which: 害澣害否 which shall be washed and which not? | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To injure, to harm, be harmful to, do an ill turn: 這個辦法害人不淺 this procedure causes infinite harm to people; 害了我不能回去 prevented me from being able to go home; 他想害我 he wants to do me some harm; 傷害 to harm (reputation, crops, etc.); 害群之馬 the “black sheep,” individual who gives the group a bad name; 害國殃民 harm the nation and the country. (2) To kill: 謀財害命 to kill for money; 把他害死 to murder him; 謀害 attempt to murder; 殺害 to kill (person); 殘害 to kill or cripple. (3) To contract illness or disease: 害病 become ill; 害心臟病 have heart trouble; 害痧眼，瘧疾 contract trachoma, malaria. (4) To feel: 害怕，害羞，害臊 [hai4pa4], [hai4xiu1], [hai4sao4]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | Harmful: 害蟲 destructive insects; 害事 harmful affair; 害鳥 destructive, crop-eating birds. | |||||
| Words | 1. 害處 [hai4chu0], n., harm: 沒有什麼害處 there is no harm (in it). 2. 害口 [hai4kou3], v.i., (of pregnant woman) show appetite for certain foods. 3. 害怕 [hai4pa4], v.i. & t., fear, be afraid: 我不害怕 I am not afraid; 害怕他 fear him. 4. 害臊 [hai4sao4], v.i., to blush, feel ashamed. 5. 害喜 [hai4xi3], v.i., feel morning sickness of pregnant woman. 6. 害羞 [hai4xiu1], v.i., feel ashamed, see [hai4sao4]↑. | |||||