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 18101 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)
See all 38 compounds (CantoDict reports 40 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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

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