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歹
dǎi
1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

歹
dǎi
corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (12)

好歹
hǎodǎi
good and bad
歹人
dǎirén
bad person
歹势
dǎishì
excuse me
歹徒
dǎitú
evildoer
HSK 6
歹意
dǎiyì
evil intent
歹毒
dǎidú
vicious
不问好歹
bùwènhǎodǎi
no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bùzhīhǎodǎi
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
不识好歹
bùshíhǎodǎi
unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
做好做歹
zuòhǎozuòdǎi
to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
好说歹说
hǎoshuōdǎishuō
to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
为非作歹
wéifēizuòdǎi
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,904
Word Frequency Rank
5,676 of 84,292
Radical Number
78

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