损害
sǔn hàiㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄏㄞˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TỔN HẠI
Traditional: 損害
HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 5
Meaning(verb, verbal noun)
harm; to damage; to impair
Examples
抽烟会损害身体健康。
chōu yān huì sǔn hài shēn tǐ jiàn kāng.
Smoking damages your health.
这件事损害了公司的名声。
zhè jiàn shì sǔn hài le gōng sī de míng shēng.
This incident damaged the company's reputation.
我们不能损害顾客的利益。
wǒ men bù néng sǔn hài gù kè de lì yì.
We must not harm our customers' interests.
Easily confused
- 危害 — 危害 is stronger, implying danger (危害生命); 损害 means to damage or impair (损害利益, 损害健康).
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Stroke order
TỔN · 10 strokes
to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
HẠI · 10 strokes
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity