What is the difference between 冒险 (mao4xian3) and 风险 (feng3xian3)? 冒险和风险的区别在哪里?
I think one is more like "adventure" type of risk. The other is more "personal danger" type of risk. What should you say when you talk about investments? "That's a risky investment". "Or I'm afraid of taking risks".

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What is the difference between 冒险 (mao4xian3) and 风险 (feng3xian3)?  冒险和风险的区别在哪里?
I think one is more like "adventure" type of risk.  The other is more "personal danger" type of risk.  What should you say when you talk about investments?  "That's a risky investment".  "Or I'm afraid of taking risks".

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1.风险：It is a noun in Chinese.
It means a hazard or risk which probably occur.
ex.If you want to do so ,there will be some "风险"。
ex.We will take a big "风险" to do this surgery。

2.冒险：It is both verb and noun in Chinese.It means do something in spite of jeopardy.
as a verb,冒险=take a risk or run a risk
as a noun.冒险=adventure
ex.没人敢冒险(.verb.)背叛他。(No man would risk to betray him.)
ex.我们在听他讲他的冒险(noun.)经历。(We are listening to his adventures .)

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风险 is noun .冒险 is verb.

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风险评估：evaluate risk
风险报告：risk report
风险分析：risk analysis
风险 is a noun.
冒险：take the risk

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these two words are different in structure. 

冒险 is 冒(verb) plus 险(noun). it can mean "take a risk to do something", or the behaviour of taking risks,  in other words adventures.

风险 is just a noun. it means risk. 

actually you can say 冒风险 as well:
-做这件事他 冒 着很大的 风险。
-He is taking serious risks to do this.

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mao4xian3 is a verb
feng1 xian3 is a noun

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