破
坏

Destruction in Chinese: 破坏 (pò huài)

pò huài

destruction

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 破壞2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1destruction
  2. 2damage
  3. 3to wreck
  4. 4to break
  5. 5to destroy

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破
坏

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄛˋ

pò

ㄆ/ pㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄞˋ

huài

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

破坏

Simplified

破壞

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我认为考试破坏教育。

    wǒ rèn wéi kǎo shì pò huài jiào yù。

    I think exams ruin education.

  • 这破坏会花费我们很多钱。

    zhè pò huài huì huā fèi wǒ men hěn duō qián。

    The damage will cost us a lot of money.

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Related words

坏

huài

bad

破

pò

broken

破产

pò chǎn

to go bankrupt

坏处

huài chu

harm

坏人

huài rén

bad person

打破

dǎ pò

to break

突破

tū pò

to break through

好坏

hǎo huài

good or bad

坏事

huài shì

bad thing

毁坏

huǐ huài

to damage

破案

pò àn

to solve a case

破除

pò chú

to eliminate

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