败

To defeat in Chinese: 败 (bài)

bài

to defeat

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 敗1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to defeat
  2. 2to damage
  3. 3to lose (to an opponent)
  4. 4to fail
  5. 5to wither

Stroke order

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败

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄞˋ

bài

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

败

Simplified

敗

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们队在昨天的比赛中败了。

    wǒ men duì zài zuó tiān de bǐ sài zhōng bài le。

    Our team lost in yesterday's match.

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Related words

失败

shī bài

to be defeated

打败

dǎ bài

to defeat

腐败

fǔ bài

corruption

办事

bàn shì

to handle (affairs)

宝

bǎo

jewel

宝宝

bǎo bao

darling

宝石

bǎo shí

precious stone

保密

bǎo mì

to keep sth confidential

保守

bǎo shǒu

conservative

被迫

bèi pò

to be compelled

比分

bǐ fēn

score

毕业生

bì yè shēng

graduate

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HSK 3.0 Level 4 vocabulary list

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