Chinese Word: 坏 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

坏 (Trad.: 壞)HSK 3

Pinyin: huài
English Definition: bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
Chinese Definition:
①品质恶劣，有害：坏蛋。坏人。坏事。坏水。
②人体、东西受了损伤，被质量差，不完美：这所房子不坏。
③表示程度深(用在动词后面)：忙坏了。
Antonyms: 好

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic: 不 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 土 soil, earth; items made of earth
- 不 no, not, un-; negative prefix

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Example Words:

损坏 [ sǔn huài ]: to damage; to injure

败坏 [ bài huài ]: to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine

破坏 [ pò huài ]: destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy

好坏 [ hǎo huài ]: good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality

坏人 [ huài rén ]: bad person; villain

Example Sentences

zhè ge
这个
nán hái
男孩
shàng
上
le
了
nà ge
那个
huài
坏
nǚ rén
女人
de
的
dāng
当

。

The boy fell before that bad women.
tā men
他们
kě néng
可能
huì
会
yù dào
遇到
yì xiē
一些
huài
坏
tiān qì
天气

。

They may be in for some bad weather.
zhè ge
这个
rén
人
jīng cháng
经常
zài
在
bàn gōng shì
办公室
dǎ ting
打听
bié ren
别人
de
的
shì
事

，
nà shi
那是
yì zhǒng
一种
huài
坏
xí guàn
习惯

。

The man is always poking about in the office, and that is a bad habit.
tā
他
de
的
huài
坏
xí guàn
习惯
yòu
又
mào
冒
le
了
chū lái
出来

。

His bad habits began to resurface.
yú
鱼
huài
坏
le
了

。

The fish has gone bad.

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