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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)

败德
bàidé
evil conduct
败北
bàiběi
to suffer defeat
败坏
bàihuài
to ruin
HSK 6
连败
liánbài
consecutive defeats
败局
bàijú
lost game
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
败笔
bàibǐ
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting
败絮
bàixù
ruined
败绩
bàijì
to be utterly defeated
败胃
bàiwèi
spoil one's appetite
败兴
bàixìng
disappointed
败落
bàiluò
decline (in wealth and position)
败诉
bàisù
lose a lawsuit
败走
bàizǒu
to run away (in defeat)
败退
bàituì
to retreat in defeat
败阵
bàizhèn
to be defeated on the battlefield
败露
bàilù
(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
败类
bàilèi
scum of a community

Metadata

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

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