坏 — Chinese character
坏
huài
bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
- Pinyin
- huài
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 土 不
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 不
- Traditional
- 壞
- Japanese
- 坏 as a kanji
Common words with 坏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破坏 (破壞) | pò huài | destruction; damage |
| 坏人 (壞人) | huài rén | bad person; villain |
| 坏事 (壞事) | huài shì | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things |
| 损坏 (損壞) | sǔn huài | to damage; to injure |
| 好坏 (好壞) | hǎo huài | good or bad; good and bad |
| 吓坏 (嚇壞) | xià huài | to be terrified; to terrify sb |
| 毁坏 (毀壞) | huǐ huài | to damage; to devastate |
| 败坏 (敗壞) | bài huài | to ruin; to corrupt |
| 坏蛋 (壞蛋) | huài dàn | bad egg; scoundrel |
| 坏话 (壞話) | huài huà | disparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb |
| 坏处 (壞處) | huài chu | harm; troubles |
| 破坏性 (破壞性) | pò huài xìng | destructive |
English words written with 坏
坏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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