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

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HSK 3 - Medium
19 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

壞 (坏)

huài

Definition

bad
他不是個壞男孩。

He is not a bad boy.
broken
這張桌子壞了。

This desk is broken.

Character Decomposition

Related words (60)

壞了

huài le

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

壞事

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

壞話

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)

壞東西

huài dōng xi

bastard; scoundrel; rogue

bad element; bad egg

rascal; rogue; little devil (term of endearment)

壞家伙

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

吃壞

chī huài

to get sick because of bad food

嚇壞

xià huài

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

好壞

hǎo huài

good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality

學壞

xué huài

to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples

寵壞

chǒng huài

to spoil (a child etc)

崩壞

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

破壞

pò huài

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

to become exhausted

rot

to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine

頹壞

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

抗壞血酸

kàng huài xuè suān

vitamin C; ascorbic acid

時好時壞

shí hǎo shí huài

sometimes good, sometimes bad

氣急敗壞

qì jí bài huài

flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited

破壞無遺

pò huài wú yí

damaged beyond repair

破壞活動

pò huài huó dòng

sabotage; subversive activities

see 禮崩樂壞

see 禮崩樂壞

vice; immorality; moral turpitude

貧血性壞死

pín xuè xìng huài sǐ

anemic necrosis

保證破壞戰略

bǎo zhèng pò huài zhàn lüè

assured destruction strategy

Idioms (5)

山頹木壞

shān tuí mù huài

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

禮崩樂壞

lǐ bēng yuè huài

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

一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥

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

一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯

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

一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥; (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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