Chinese symbol for “routed”
挠败
náo bài
Traditional: 撓敗
defeated; routed; crushed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for routed is 挠败 (náo bài), defined as: defeated; routed; crushed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 挠败.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阻挠 (阻撓) | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 不屈不挠 (不屈不撓) | bù qū bù náo | unyielding; indomitable |
| 百折不挠 (百折不撓) | bǎi zhé bù náo | to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks |
| 挠头 (撓頭) | náo tóu | tricky; problematic |
| 挠痒痒 (撓癢癢) | náo yǎng yang | to tickle |
| 抓挠 (抓撓) | zhuā nao | to scratch; to mess about with |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.