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Characters, words, pinyin or English

坏 huài bad

bad; broken; terribly

How to remember 坏: 土 earth + 不 not = bad. The gardener crumbles the dry earth in her hand and sighs "This will not grow a thing, the soil is bad."

  • 832. most frequent character
  • HSK 2
  • 7 strokes
  • Radical 土

Component breakdown

坏 = 土 earth + 不 not

  • 土 earth
  • 不 not
The Gushi story

The gardener crumbles the dry earth in her hand and sighs "This will not grow a thing, the soil is bad."

How it is used

  • Bad or broken: 坏人 (huàirén) a bad person, 坏了 (huài le) it's broken/gone wrong.
  • After a verb it marks 'to the point of ruin' - 气坏了 (qì huài le) furious, 累坏了 (lèi huài le) worn out.
  • 破坏 (pòhuài) to destroy/undermine, 损坏 (sǔnhuài) to damage - the formal 'ruin' compounds.

Words with 坏

Example sentences

  • 冰箱坏了。 Bīngxiāng huài le.The refrigerator is broken.
  • 这台电视坏了。 Zhè tái diànshì huài le.This TV is broken.
  • 这次误会破坏了他们的感情。 Zhècì wùhuì pòhuài le tāmen de gǎnqíng.This misunderstanding ruined their love.
  • 污染对环境造成了破坏。 Wūrǎn duì huánjìng zàochéngle pòhuài.Pollution has caused damage to the environment.