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歹

dǎi

HSK 6 Character

What 歹 means

1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
4. Kangxi radical 78

Example sentences

• 这个小孩不知好歹。
  Zhège xiǎohái bùzhīhǎodǎi.
  This child don't know what's coming for him.

Words starting with 歹

• 歹徒dǎi túevildoer; malefactor; gangster
• 歹人dǎi rénbad person; evildoer; robber
• 歹势dǎi shì(Taiwan) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])
• 歹命dǎi mìng(Taiwan) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā])
• 歹意dǎi yìevil intent; malice
• 歹毒dǎi dúvicious; ruthless; malevolent

Words containing 歹

• 好歹hǎo dǎigood and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case
• 不知好歹bù zhī hǎo dǎiunable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one…
• 好说歹说hǎo shuō dǎi shuō(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
• 不识好歹bù shí hǎo dǎiunable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating
• 做好做歹zuò hǎo zuò dǎito persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
• 为非作歹wéi fēi zuò dǎito break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages

Sounds the same

Read dǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逮(colloquial) to catch; to seize; to capture
• 傣Dai ethnic group
• 𠯪(dialect) to eat
• 歺old variant of 歹