遇 yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 禺 district
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
遇难
yùnàn
to die in an accident or disaster
Characters in this word
难 nán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 官方确认，山体滑坡导致十二名矿工遇难，另有多人仍然失联。 Guānfāng quèrèn, shāntǐ huápō dǎozhì shí'èr míng kuànggōng yùnàn, lìng yǒu duō rén réngrán shīlián. Officials confirmed that a landslide caused twelve miners to die, while several others remain missing.
- 那艘船在风暴中沉没，三名船员不幸遇难。 Nà sōu chuán zài fēngbào zhōng chénmò, sān míng chuányuán búxìng yùnàn. The ship sank in the storm, and three crew members tragically died.
- 市民们在遇难者纪念碑前献上鲜花，寄托哀思。 Shìmín men zài yùnànzhě jìniànbēi qián xiàn shàng xiānhuā, jìtuō āisī. Citizens laid fresh flowers before the memorial for the victims as a tribute.
Related words
- 待遇 dàiyù pay and benefits
- 机遇 jīyù opportunity
- 遇 yù to meet by chance
- 遇到 yùdào to meet; to run into
- 遇见 yùjiàn to meet; to run into
- 遭遇 zāoyù to encounter; fate, luck
- 境遇 jìngyù circumstances; situation; plight
- 相遇 xiāngyù to meet; to encounter
- 遇险 yùxiǎn to be in danger; to meet with danger
- 难 nán difficult
- 难过 nánguò sad
- 难看 nánkàn ugly; bad-looking