chancy
/ˈtʃɑːnsi/adjective
उच्चारण चान्सी
जोखिम भरा, अनिश्चित, खतरे वाला
Core word
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informal
involving risks and uncertainty
जोखिम भरा, अनिश्चित, खतरे वाला
- Investing all your savings in one company is a chancy business.
- Getting a ticket on the day of travel is always chancy.
- Driving on that road in the monsoon is a chancy affair.
+ 2 more examples
- It was a chancy decision, but it paid off.
- Starting a business without any savings is chancy.
Synonyms risky uncertain dicey hazardous precarious
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
it is chancy to + verb
Use the it-pattern with a to-infinitive to say an action is risky.
किसी काम को जोखिम भरा बताने के लिए 'it is chancy' के बाद to-infinitive आता है।
- It is chancy to invest all your savings in one share.
- It is chancy to drive in such fog.
chancy + noun
Before a noun it means involving risk or unlikely to succeed.
Noun से पहले इसका अर्थ है जोखिम से भरा या सफलता की कम संभावना वाला।
- The business was a chancy venture.
- It was a chancy plan from the start.
comparative and superlative
Chancy forms chancier and chanciest.
Chancy का comparative और superlative है chancier और chanciest।
- The mountain route is chancier than the highway.
chancy vs chance
Chancy is the adjective for risk; chance is the noun for possibility or luck.
Chancy जोखिम का adjective है; chance संभावना या भाग्य का noun है।
- There is a chance of rain, and travelling is chancy.
+Collocations 4
chancy + noun
businessjourneyaffairplanjob
- A boat journey in a storm is chancy.
adverb + chancy
rathera bitextremelydistinctlyquite
- The result of the toss is a bit chancy.
verb + chancy
besoundseemproveget
- Things got chancy when the rope began to fray.
chancy + synonyms
riskydiceyuncertainprecarious
- The weather is dicey, so the match may be cancelled.
“More examples 5
- Crossing the swollen river on a log was chancy.
उफनती नदी को लकड़ी के लट्ठे से पार करना जोखिम भरा था।
- Radhika thought it chancy to rely on a single source for her notes.
राधिका ने अपने नोट्स के लिए एक ही स्रोत पर निर्भर रहना जोखिम भरा समझा।
- Farming without irrigation is chancy in dry districts.
सूखे ज़िलों में सिंचाई के बिना खेती अनिश्चित होती है।
- It is a chancy business to lend money to strangers.
अजनबियों को पैसे उधार देना जोखिम भरा काम है।
- The weather in the hills is chancy in April.
अप्रैल में पहाड़ों का मौसम अनिश्चित रहता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ It is a chancy to travel at night.
✓ It is chancy to travel at night.
Chancy is an adjective, so it takes no 'a' before it here.
Chancy adjective है, इसलिए यहाँ इससे पहले 'a' नहीं आता।
✗ The plan is more chancier than that one.
✓ The plan is chancier than that one.
Do not use more with the -er form.
-er रूप के साथ 'more' नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All these adjectives describe uncertainty, but they differ in level and tone.
ये सभी adjectives अनिश्चितता बताते हैं, पर तीव्रता और स्वर में अंतर है।
Risky and uncertain; a bit informal.
जोखिम भरा और अनिश्चित; थोड़ा अनौपचारिक।
- It is chancy to go now.
The general word for involving danger or loss.
खतरे या हानि वाले के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- It is a risky plan.
Not safe or stable; likely to fall or fail.
असुरक्षित या अस्थिर; गिरने या विफल होने की आशंका वाला।
- He stood in a precarious position.