Meaning
be defeated; to defeat; loss
Chinese: 失败、战败;也表示毁坏、腐烂。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bai” becomes a different word in each tone. 败 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 失败shī bàito be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure
- 打败dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
- 腐败fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten
- 败坏bài huàito ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
- 大败dà bàito defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb
Example Sentence
这次比赛我们队不幸败了。Zhè cì bǐ sài wǒ men duì bú xìng bài le.Our team unfortunately lost this match.
这Zhèthis次cìnext in sequence比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc)我们wǒ menwe队duìsquadron不幸bú xìngmisfortune败bàito defeat了le(completed action)。