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败
敗
bài
1. to defeat
2. to damage
3. to lose (to an opponent)
4. to fail
5. to wither
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

败
bài
failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

倒败
dǎobài
to collapse (of building)
胜败
shèngbài
victory or defeat
大败
dàbài
to defeat
失败
shībài
to be defeated
HSK 4
惨败
cǎnbài
to suffer a crushing defeat
成败
chéngbài
success or failure
战败
zhànbài
to lose a war
打败
dǎbài
to defeat
挫败
cuòbài
to thwart
挠败
náobài
defeated
击败
jībài
to defeat
败仗
bàizhàng
lost battle
败光
bàiguāng
to squander one's fortune
败北
bàiběi
to suffer defeat
败坏
bàihuài
to ruin
HSK 6
败局
bàijú
lost game
败德
bàidé
evil conduct
败战
bàizhàn
to lose a war
败毒
bàidú
(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat
败火
bàihuǒ
relieve inflammation or internal heat

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
861
Word Frequency Rank
869 of 84,292

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