Bad in Chinese (Mandarin): 坏 (huài)
坏
huài
bad
- Simplified
- 坏
- Traditional
- 壞
- Pinyin
- huài
- Typed as
- huai
Use it in a sentence
他做了坏事。
他做了壞事。
He did a bad thing.
The characters in 坏
坏 / 壞
Bad; broken. 土 (earth) is on the left.
7 strokes
Fourth tone. Its opposite is 好 (hǎo). Broken is 坏了 (huài le), and a bad guy is 坏人 (huàirén).
More examples with 坏
坏人被抓住了。
壞人被抓住了。
Huàirén bèi zhuā zhù le.
The bad guy was caught.
这个苹果坏了。
這個蘋果壞了。
Zhège píngguǒ huài le.
This apple has gone bad.
How to write 坏 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
坏 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
壞 19 strokes
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