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| Phonetics: | ||
| Tone colors (āáǎàa): |
| Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| ngai4 gei1, gei2 | ngai4 gei1, gei2 | crisis |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ngai4 | ngai4 | danger / to endanger / taiwan pr. [wei2] / surname wei | ||
| gei1, gei2 | gei1, gei2 | machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / surname ji |
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| Traditional | Pinyin | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 個 | ge4 | general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects |
The President intervened personally in the crisis.
The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis.
The next crisis sent a shudder of fear through the UN community.
Korea plutocrat is the prime cause that causes financial crisis to erupt.
The crisis could well place the relationship at risk.
The spectre of economic crisis is constantly haunting some countries.
Energy conservation as a philosophy was born out of the 1973 oil crisis.
Natural disasters have obvi-ously contributed to the continent's economic crisis.
Roger Hardy of the BBC looks at this latest twist in the political crisis in Algeria.
Crises were symptoms of deeper problems which if allowed to fester would prove increasingly unmanageable.
