坏 - huài - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
7 strokes
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坏 (壞)

huài

Definition

bad
他不是个坏男孩。

He is not a bad boy.
broken
这张桌子坏了。

This desk is broken.

Character Decomposition

Related words (60)

坏了

huài le

shoot(!); broken; gosh(!); oh no(!); to the utmost (suffix)

坏事

huài shì

bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things

bad person; villain

harm; troubles

spoilt; ruined

necrosis

evil tricks

gangrene

bad kind; scoundrel

bad egg; scoundrel; bastard

坏话

huài huà

criticism; unpleasant words; slander; cuss; bad words; swear word; unpleasant talk; malicious remarks; vicious talk; malicious words

bad debt

bad luck; misfortune

completely bad

sinister person; unsavory character; broken (not in working order)

坏东西

huài dōng xi

bastard; scoundrel; rogue

bad element; bad egg

rascal; rogue; little devil (term of endearment)

坏家伙

huài jiā huǒ

bad guy; scoundrel; dirty bastard

evil person

bad temper

scurvy

to play dirty tricks; to be up to mischief

to crush

to get worse; to degenerate

吃坏

chī huài

to get sick because of bad food

吓坏

xià huài

(to be really) afraid; (to be really) scared; (to be really) frightened; (to be really) terrified

好坏

hǎo huài

good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality

学坏

xué huài

to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples

宠坏

chǒng huài

to spoil (a child etc)

崩坏

bēng huài

crash; breakdown (of social values etc); burst; to crumble; to collapse

to lead astray

to ruin; to spoil; to break

to spoil (a child)

to damage; to injure

to drop and break

to misguide; to corrupt (sb)

rotten

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

破坏

pò huài

destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy

to become exhausted

rot

to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine

颓坏

tuí huài

dilapidated; decrepit

scoundrel; bastard

to play tricks on somebody

destructive

appearing genuine, but actually nasty or devious; see also 蔫土匪

serious damage

mass wasting (geology); slope movement

抗坏血酸

kàng huài xuè suān

vitamin C; ascorbic acid

时好时坏

shí hǎo shí huài

sometimes good, sometimes bad

气急败坏

qì jí bài huài

flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited

破坏无遗

pò huài wú yí

damaged beyond repair

破坏活动

pò huài huó dòng

sabotage; subversive activities

see 礼崩乐坏

see 礼崩乐坏

vice; immorality; moral turpitude

贫血性坏死

pín xuè xìng huài sǐ

anemic necrosis

保证破坏战略

bǎo zhèng pò huài zhàn lüè

assured destruction strategy

Idioms (5)

山颓木坏

shān tuí mù huài

(lit.) the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined; a great sage has died (idiom)

礼崩乐坏

lǐ bēng yuè huài

rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray; cf. 礼乐

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu

(lit.) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); (fig.) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng

(lit.) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom); (fig.) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu

see 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥; (lit.) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); (fig.) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

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