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敗

bài

be defeated, decline, fail

Strokes
11
Radical
攴
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 败

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 败, the simplified form of 敗. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 你打败了他。

    Nǐ dǎ bài le tā

    You've defeated him.

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  • 他的生意失败了。

    Tā de shēng yi shī bài le

    He failed in business.

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  • 胜败是兵家常事。

    Shèng bài shì bīng jiā cháng shì

    Both victory and defeat are but an everyday occurrence to a soldier.

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  • 他永远不会打败我的。

    Tā yǒng yuǎn bù huì dǎ bài wǒ de

    He'll never beat me.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 败

  • 失败shī bài 1–4 to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat
  • 败bài 4to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
  • 打败dǎ bài 3–4 to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
  • 腐败fǔ bài 3–4 corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten
  • 败坏bài huài 4–4 to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine