坏
事

Bad thing in Chinese: 坏事 (huài shì)

huài shì

bad thing

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 壞事1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1bad thing; misdeed
  2. 2to ruin things

Stroke order

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坏
事

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄞˋ

huài

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

坏事

Simplified

壞事

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他做了坏事，被老师批评了。

    tā zuò le huài shì， bèi lǎo shī pī píng le。

    He did a bad thing and was criticized by the teacher.

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Related words

坏

huài

bad

事

shì

matter

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

从事

cóng shì

to go for

军事

jūn shì

military affairs

破坏

pò huài

destruction

人事

rén shì

personnel

事实

shì shí

fact

事物

shì wù

thing

事先

shì xiān

in advance

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