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败 (Trad.: 敗)HSK 4
Pinyin: bài
English Definition: to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
Chinese Definition:
①输，失利，不成功，与“胜”相对：败北。败退。败绩(ａ．连队溃败；b．事业的失利)。败诉。败笔。败局。两败俱伤。
②战胜，使失败：大败敌军。
③毁坏：败坏。败露。
④解除，消散：败火。败毒。
⑤破旧，衰落，腐烂：败絮。败落。败兴(xìng)(情绪低落)。腐败。叶残花败。
Antonyms: 胜 成
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 貝
Pictophonetic:贝 indicates the sound; 攵 (rap) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 贝 [ bèi ] sea shell; money, currency
    • 攵 [ pū ] to rap, to tap; script; to let go
Similar Characters: 敗
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Example Words
失败HSK 4 shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; Classifiers: 次
腐败HSK 6 fǔ bài corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten
击败 jī bài to defeat; to beat
成败 chéng bài success or failure
败坏HSK 6 bài huài to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
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Example Sentences
1
zhè chǎng
这场
bǐ sài
比赛
wǒ men
我们
cǎn zāo
惨遭
shī bài
失败
。
We suffered a dismal defeat in this game.
2
yóu yú
由于
quē shǎo
缺少
jīng yàn
经验
，
wǒ
我
shī bài
失败
le
了
。
I failed due to a lack of experience.
3
xí guàn
习惯
kě yǐ
可以
shǐ
使
rén
人
lì yú bù bài zhī de
立于不败之地
。
Habit can help one stand invincible.
4
yí dàn
一旦
chè tuì
撤退
，
jiù
就
yì wèi zhe
意味着
shī bài
失败
。
Once we retreat, it means failure.
5
céng jīng
曾经
de
的
shī bài
失败
shǐ
使
tā
他
gèng jiā
更加
nǔ lì
努力
。
His previous failures made him work even harder.
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