Chinese symbol for “vice”
道德败坏
dào dé bài huài
Traditional: 道德敗壞
vice; immorality; moral turpitude
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vice is 道德败坏 (dào dé bài huài), defined as: vice; immorality; moral turpitude.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淫乐 (淫樂) | yín lè | vice; degenerate pleasures |
| 恶心 (惡心) | è xīn | bad habit; vicious habit |
| 恶习 (惡習) | è xí | bad habit; vice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 道德败坏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 频道 (頻道) | pín dào | frequency; (television) channel |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character |
| 美德 | měi dé | virtue |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 破坏 (破壞) | pò huài | destruction; damage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vice”.
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.