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坏

huài

rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

Shadow
Strokes
7
Radical
土
HSK
1
Tone
4

Other readings: pī

Traditional form: 壞

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 坏的人,是我。

    Huài de rén shì wǒ

    It is I that am bad.

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  • 有好就有坏。

    Yǒu hǎo jiù yǒu huài

    Where there's good, there's also bad.

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  • 他好坏不分。

    Tā hǎo huài bù fēn

    He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.

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  • 有好的也有坏的。

    Yǒu hǎo de yě yǒu huài de

    Some are good, some aren't.

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Words containing 坏

  • 坏huài 4bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
  • 坏人huài rén 4–2 bad person; villain
  • 坏处huài chu 4–5harm; troubles
  • 破坏pò huài 4–4 destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy
  • 损坏sǔn huài 3–4 to damage; to injure
  • 败坏bài huài 4–4 to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
  • 坏事huài shì 4–4 bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
  • 好坏hǎo huài 3–4 good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad
  • 毁坏huǐ huài 3–4 to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction
  • 时好时坏shí hǎo shí huài 2–3–2–4sometimes good, sometimes bad