败(bài)

HSK 48 strokesTrad. 敗

to defeat

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Character information

Pinyin
bài
Meaning
to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
敗

Origin & structure

Where 败 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰贝攵

In this compound, the meaning comes from 攵 (rap); 贝 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

贝bèi攵pū

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 败 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 败

Common words using 败 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shī失bài败
HSK 4

to be defeated

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dǎ打bài败
HSK 4

to defeat

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dǎo倒bài败

to collapse (of building)

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shèng胜bài败

victory or defeat; result

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dà大bài败

to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb

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yī一bài败tú涂dì地

lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)

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bù不bài败zhī之dì地

(idiom) invincible position

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shāng伤fēng风bài败sú俗

offending public morals (idiom)

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 败’s common words

失打倒胜大一涂地

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