风险

The Chinese word 风险 (fēngxiǎn) is a compound of two characters: 风 (fēng) and 险 (xiǎn). The character 风 originally meant "wind", but it can also be used figuratively to refer to "risk" or "danger". The character 险 originally meant "steep" or "precipitous", but it can also be used figuratively to refer to "risk" or "danger". Thus, the compound word 风险 literally means "wind risk" or "precipitous danger", and it is used to refer to the concept of "risk" in general.The word 风险 is first recorded in the Chinese dictionary 《辞源》 (Cíyuán), which was compiled in 1915. However, the word 风险 did not become widely used until the 1980s, when it was introduced into China from the West. The word 风险 is now commonly used in Chinese to refer to the concept of "risk", and it is also used in a variety of other contexts, such as in the fields of finance, insurance, and engineering.