Chinese symbol for “ruin”
败坏
bài huài
Traditional: 敗壞
to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ruin is 败坏 (bài huài), defined as: to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ruin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毁 (毀) | huǐ | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander |
| 弄坏 (弄壞) | nòng huài | to ruin; to spoil |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
| 残 (殘) | cán | to destroy; to spoil |
| 摧残 (摧殘) | cuī cán | to ravage; to ruin |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 败坏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 击败 (擊敗) | jī bài | to defeat; to beat |
| 战败 (戰敗) | zhàn bài | to lose a war |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ruin”.
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.