破坏

Character by character

• 破pò10 strokesHSK 3break, ruin, destroy; rout
• 坏huài7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 壞rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 破坏. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 坏huàiHSK 1

  bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost

• 破pòHSK 3

  broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of

• 突破tū pòHSK 5

  to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense

• 打破dǎ pòHSK 3

  to break; to smash

• 破产pò chǎnHSK 4

  to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy

• 坏人huài rénHSK 2

  bad person; villain

• 坏事huài shìHSK 7

  bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things

• 破裂pò lièHSK 7

  to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down

• 损坏sǔn huàiHSK 7

  to damage; to injure

• 破碎pò suìHSK 7

  to smash to pieces; to shatter

• 好坏hǎo huàiHSK 7

  good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad

• 破解pò jiěHSK 7

  to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software)

• 破案pò ànHSK 7

  to solve a case; shabby old table

• 破灭pò mièHSK 7

  to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)

• 毁坏huǐ huàiHSK 7

  to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction

• 突破口tū pò kǒuHSK 7

  breach; gap; breakthrough point

• 破旧pò jiùHSK 7

  shabby

• 坏处huài chuHSK 2

  harm; troubles

• 败坏bài huài

  to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine

• 破除pò chúHSK 7

  to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of

• 破例pò lì

  to make an exception

• 时好时坏shí hǎo shí huàiHSK 7

  sometimes good, sometimes bad