壞 (waai6 | huai4) : bad; spoil; spoiled; ruin; destroy

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壞

waai6

huai4

bad; spoil; spoiled; ruin; destroy

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

壞 / 坏

This word has been viewed 14856 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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壞咗 waai6 zo2 = broken, malfunctioning 粵

損壞 syun2 waai6 sun3 huai4 = to damage; to injure

敗壞 baai6 waai6 bai4 huai4 = to ruin

壞處 waai6 cyu3 huai4 chu5 = disadvantage

破壞 po3 waai6 po4 huai4 = wreck, break, destroy

壞心 waai6 sam1 huai4 xin1 = evil, wicked

打壞 daa2 waai6 = bash, bash in, to break, to break (watch)

教壞 gaau3 waai6 jiao4 huai4 = to corrupt, teach inappropriate things (to children)

壞人 waai6 jan4 huai4 ren2 = a bad man; hellion; malefactor; villain

整壞 zing2 waai6 = to damage (internally)

開壞把鎖 hoi1 waai6 baa2 so2 = to damage a lock because of unlocking it improperly

寵壞 zung3 waai6 chong3 huai4 = spoil (a child)

保證破壞戰略 bou2 zing3 po3 waai6 zin3 loek6 bao3 zheng4 po4 huai4 zhan4 lve4 = assured destruction strategy

壞事 waai6 si6 huai4 shi4 = to ruin something; to spoil; to make things worse; bad thing; evil deed

壞死 waai6 sei2 huai4 si3 = necrosis

壞蛋 waai6 daan6*2 huai4 dan4 = bad egg; scoundrel; bastard

好壞 hou2 waai6 hao3 huai4 = [n] good and bad; advantageous and disadvantageous

壞血病 waai6 hyut3 beng6 huai4 xue4 bing4 (PRC), huai4 xie3 bing4 (Taiwan) = scurvy

惡意破壞 ok3 ji3 po3 waai6 = vandalise

道德敗壞 dou6 dak1 baai6 waai6 = depravity

壞車 waai6 ce1 = disabled car

毀壞 wai2 waai6 hui3 huai4 = [n] destruction, devastation; [v] to damage, to ruin

壞透 waai6 tau3 huai4 tou4 = completely bad

壞賬 waai6 zoeng3 huai4 zhang4 = bad debt

壞習慣 waai6 zaap6 gwaan3 huai4 xi2 guan4 = bad habit

更壞 gang3 waai6 geng4 huai4 = worse

腳頭壞 goek3 tau4 waai6 = a person who is a walking bad luck charm

破壞工作 po3 waai6 gung1 zok3 = sabotage (common formation)

壞話 waai6 waa6*2 huai4 hua4 = malicious remarks; vicious talk; unpleasant words

壞疽 waai6 zeoi1 = gangrene

學壞 hok6 waai6 xue2 huai4 = to follow bad examples

弄壞 lung6 waai6 nong4 huai4 = to ruin; to spoil; to mess up

病壞 beng6 waai6*2 = infirm people; people who are sickly and weak 粵

刑事毀壞 jing4 si6 wai2 waai6 xing2 shi4 hui3 huai4 = property damage; criminal damage

年紀大，機器壞 nin4 gei2 daai6 gei1 hei3 waai6 nian2 ji4 da4 ji1 qi4 huai4 = 1. (people) be frail or have bad health because of old age 2. (appliances) break down due to age 粵

諗壞腦 nam2 waai6 nou5 shen3 huai4 nao3 = rack one's brains; beat one's brains out 粵

縱壞 zung3 waai6 zong4 huai4 = overindulge; spoil 粵

壓壞 aat3 waai6 ya1 huai1 = to crush

變壞 bin3 waai6 = to worsen; to deteriorate

核殺傷破壞估計 hat6 saat3 soeng1 po3 waai6 gu2 gai3 he2 sha1 shang1 po4 huai4 gu1 ji4 = nuclear damage assessment (common formation)

Showing all 5 examples containing 壞

嗰部手提電話壞咗粵
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]

我架車壞咗，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]

噉嘅設計好定壞就見仁見智啦粵
Whether such a design is good or bad, is a matter of opinion.

唱機壞了,發不出聲音國
The record player is broken, it's not making any sound.

景氣好壞可從口紅銷售量看出端倪
The sales volume of lipstick gives a clue as to how prosperous the economy is.

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Decimal representation of this word: 壞
Unicode code for this character: U+58de (off-site link)

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