败 bài failure
failure; to defeat; to fail
How to remember 败: 贝 sea shell + 攵 tap = failure. The boy finds a pretty sea shell on the beach, gives it one tap with his spade, and it cracks, a sad little failure.
Component breakdown
败 = 贝 sea shell + 攵 tap
- 贝 sea shell
- 攵 tap
The boy finds a pretty sea shell on the beach, gives it one tap with his spade, and it cracks, a sad little failure.
How it is used
- To be defeated / to ruin - 失败 (shībài) fail, 打败 (dǎbài) defeat, 击败 (jībài) beat.
- Note 打败 is transitive 'defeat someone,' while 失败 is intransitive 'to fail.'
- 败坏 (bàihuài) corrupt/ruin (morals, reputation); 腐败 (fǔbài) corruption.
Words with 败
Example sentences
- 可惜他失败了。 Kěxī tā shībàile.It's a pity that he failed.
- 即使失败了也没关系。 Jíshǐ shībàile yě méiguānxi.It doesn't matter even if you fail.
- 他投资失败了。 Tā tóuzī shībài le.His investment was a failure.