打败
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
打败 (dǎbài) · to defeat
打败 (dǎbài) means “to defeat; to beat”. It is written with 2 characters: 打 (to play (ball)) + 败 (to lose). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 打败 is built
The characters
打 dǎ · to play (ball)
What 打 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 丁dīng — male adult
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
败 bài · to lose
What 败 is made of
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 贝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们班打败了三班。Wǒmen bān dǎbài le sān bān.Our class beat Class Three.
打乒乓球你能打败他吗？Dǎ pīngpāngqiú nǐ néng dǎbài tā ma?Can you beat him at table tennis?
Questions about 打败
What does 打败 mean?
打败 (dǎbài) means “to defeat; to beat”.
How do you pronounce 打败?
打败 is pronounced dǎbài.
Which HSK level is 打败?
打败 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 打球dǎqiúto play ball
- 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
- 打算dǎsuànto plan
- 打印dǎyìnto print
- 打破dǎpòto break
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 打雷dǎléito thunder
Learn 打败 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.