败坏
Old HSK 6
败坏 (bàihuài) · to ruin
败坏 (bàihuài) means “to ruin; to corrupt”. It is written with 2 characters: 败 (to lose) + 坏 (bad). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 败坏 is built
The characters
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)
坏 huài · bad
What 坏 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 不bù — not
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 不 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这种行为败坏了学校的名声。Zhèzhǒng xíngwéi bàihuài le xuéxiào de míngshēng.This behaviour damaged the school's reputation.
不要让一个人败坏了整个团队。Búyào ràng yī gè rén bàihuài le zhěnggè tuánduì.Don't let one person ruin the whole team.
Questions about 败坏
What does 败坏 mean?
败坏 (bàihuài) means “to ruin; to corrupt”.
How do you pronounce 败坏?
败坏 is pronounced bàihuài.
Which HSK level is 败坏?
败坏 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 打败dǎbàito defeat
- 失败shībàito fail
- 腐败fǔbàicorruption
- 败bàito lose
- 坏处huàichuharm
- 坏人huàirénbad person
- 破坏pòhuàito damage
- 损坏sǔnhuàito damage
- 坏huàibad
Learn 败坏 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 3: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.