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败

bài

HSK 4 Character Traditional 敗

What 败 means

1. to defeat
2. to damage
3. to lose (to an opponent)
4. to fail
5. to wither

Example sentences

• 骄兵必败。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 你会失败。
  You will fail.
• 悲哉失败者!
  Bēi zāi shībàizhě!
  Woe to the vanquished.
• 实验失败了。
  That experiment was a failure.
• 注意别失败。
  Take care not to fail.
• 汤姆失败了。
  Tom failed.

Words starting with 败

• 败坏bài huàito ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
• 败类bài lèiscum of a community; degenerate
• 败诉bài sùto lose a lawsuit
• 败露bài lù(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
• 败笔bài bǐa faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
• 败仗bài zhànglost battle; defeat
• 败家子bài jiā zǐspendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
• 败家bài jiāto squander a family fortune
• 败落bài luò(of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run-down
• 败北bài běi(literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
• 败亡bài wángto be defeated and dispersed
• 败光bài guāngto squander one's fortune; to dissipate one's wealth
• 败局bài júlost game; losing battle
• 败德bài déevil conduct
• 败战bài zhànto lose a war; fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
• 败毒bài dú(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat; to detoxify
• 败火bài huǒrelieve inflammation or internal heat
• 败兴bài xìngdisappointed
• 败走bài zǒuto run away (in defeat)
• 败退bài tuìto retreat in defeat
• 败选bài xuǎnto lose an election
• 败子回头bài zǐ huí tóureturn of the prodigal son
• 败绩bài jìto be utterly defeated; to be routed
• 败血症bài xuè zhèngsepticaemia

Words containing 败

• 失败shī bàito be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments)
• 腐败fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt; to rot
• 打败dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower; to beat
• 击败jī bàito defeat; to beat
• 成败chéng bàisuccess or failure
• 气急败坏qì jí bài huàiflustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
• 战败zhàn bàito lose a war
• 破败pò bàito defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten
• 失败者shī bài zhěloser
• 挫败cuò bàito thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
• 惨败cǎn bàito suffer a crushing defeat
• 衰败shuāi bàito decline; to wane; to decay
• 大败dà bàito defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb
• 落败luò bàito suffer a defeat; to fail; to fall behind
• 一败涂地yī bài tú dìlit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
• 两败俱伤liǎng bài jù shāngboth sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
• 胜败shèng bàivictory or defeat; result
• 身败名裂shēn bài míng lièto lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away…
• 完败wán bài(sports) to be trounced (by an opponent); crushing defeat
• 残败cán bàidilapidated; in ruins
• 连败lián bàiconsecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row
• 开败kāi bàito wither and fall
• 不败之地bù bài zhī dì(idiom) invincible position
• 坐观成败zuò guān chéng bàito sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before…

Characters that look like 败

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

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 欧ōuohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 玫méi(fine jade); used in 玫瑰

Sounds the same

Read bài, tone for tone, but written differently.

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