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坏 - huài

rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down

How to read 坏

Click 坏 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinhuài
Englishrotten, spoilt, bad, broken down
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

坏了 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 坏事. Please read 坏人 one more time.

Common words with this character

shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!
bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
bad person; villain
to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 坏 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 坏了 and 坏事 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 坏.