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坏

huài

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 壞

坏 (huài) means "bad". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 坏 means

1. bad
2. spoiled
3. broken
4. to break down
5. (suffix) to the utmost

How 坏 is used in grammar

坏 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Resultative complements: 好/完/到/懂/坏 (HSK 4)

Example sentences

• 没坏。
  It's not broken.
• 我累坏了
  Wǒ lèihuài le
  I'm too tired.
• 锁坏了。
  The lock is broken.
• 你真坏。
  You're terrible.
• 我吓坏了。
  Wǒ xiàhuài le.
  I'm scared shitless.
• 他坏透了。
  Tā huàitòu le.
  He is rotten to the core.

Words starting with 坏

• 坏人huài rénbad person; villain
• 坏事huài shìbad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
• 坏蛋huài dànbad egg; scoundrel; bastard
• 坏话huài huàdisparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb
• 坏处huài chuharm; troubles
• 坏死huài sǐnecrosis
• 坏账huài zhàngbad debt
• 坏分子huài fèn zǐbad element; troublemaker
• 坏了huài leshoot!; gosh!; oh, no!
• 坏水huài shuǐevil tricks
• 坏种huài zhǒngbad kind; scoundrel
• 坏运huài yùnbad luck; misfortune
• 坏包儿huài bāo rrascal; rogue; little devil (term of endearment)
• 坏家伙huài jiā huǒbad guy; scoundrel; dirty bastard
• 坏东西huài dōng xibastard; scoundrel; rogue
• 坏透huài tòucompletely bad
• 坏笑huài xiàoto smirk; to grin wickedly; to snicker
• 坏血病huài xuè bìngscurvy
• 坏掉huài diàoto get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined
• 坏鸟huài niǎosinister person; unsavory character; broken (not in working order)
• 坏肠子huài cháng zievil person
• 坏脾气huài pí qìbad temper
• 坏疽huài jūgangrene

Words containing 坏

• 破坏pò huàidestruction; damage; to wreck
• 损坏sǔn huàito damage; to injure
• 败坏bài huàito ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
• 好坏hǎo huàigood or bad; good and bad; standard; quality
• 吓坏xià huàito be terrified; to terrify sb
• 毁坏huǐ huàito damage; to devastate; to vandalize
• 气急败坏qì jí bài huàiflustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
• 弄坏nòng huàito ruin; to spoil; to break
• 累坏lèi huàito become exhausted
• 气坏qì huàifurious; very angry
• 摔坏shuāi huàito drop and break
• 破坏性pò huài xìngdestructive
• 学坏xué huàito follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples
• 使坏shǐ huàito play dirty tricks; to be up to mischief
• 砸坏zá huàito smash; to shatter
• 吃坏chī huàito upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
• 压坏yā huàito crush
• 带坏dài huàito lead astray
• 教坏jiāo huàito misguide; to corrupt (sb)
• 用坏yòng huàito wear out (tools)
• 变坏biàn huàito get worse; to degenerate
• 时好时坏shí hǎo shí huàisometimes good, sometimes bad
• 破坏活动pò huài huó dòngsabotage; subversive activities
• 玩儿坏wán r huàito play tricks on sb

Characters that look like 坏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 林lín(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…
• 抓zhuāto grab; to catch; to arrest
• 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 坯pīblank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
• 牦máoyak (Bos grunniens)

Where 坏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Qualities, Adverbs & Degree Words (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 15 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huài correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.