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huài

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huài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huài | huai4
English translation
bad
spoiled
broken
to break down
bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down

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About huài

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

huài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of huài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土不

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of huài . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and huái represents the sound.

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Example sentences using huài

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ér zài 高压氧 gāo yā yǎng 治疗 zhìliáo Hòu , shèng 手指 shǒuzhǐ 坏疽 huài jū 改善 gǎishàn .

After hyperbaric oxygen therapy was given , digital gangrene improved.

那些 nà xiē Huā tuō 过来 guò lái 过去 guòqu ,结果 jiēguǒ Quán gǎo huài le .

He pulled the flowers about until he ruined them all.

men chī diǎn 东西 dōngxī ; 饿 è huài le .

Let's get something to eat; I'm starving.

shuí dōu 知道 zhīdào 破坏 pòhuài 容易 róngyì 建设 jiànshè nán .

It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.

Wén Wén 这块 ròu ,告诉 gàosu 是否 shìfǒu huài le .

You smell at this meat and tell me if it's gone bad.

Words with huài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
huài bad huài
破坏 pòhuài damage破壞
坏人 huài rén bad person壞人
坏事 huài shì bad thing壞事
坏了 huài le shoot!壞了
吓坏 xià huài to be really frightened嚇壞
损坏 sǔnhuài to damage損壞
坏蛋 huài dàn bad egg壞蛋
坏死 huài sǐ necrosis壞死
好坏 hǎo huài good or bad好壞
坏话 huài huà unpleasant talk壞話
毁坏 huǐ huài to damage毀壞
坏处 huài chu harm壞處
败坏 bàihuài to ruin敗壞
破坏性 pò huài xìng destructive破壞性
宠坏 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc)寵壞
气急败坏 qì jí bài huài flustered and exasperated氣急敗壞
坏东西 huài dōng xi bastard壞東西
弄坏 nòng huài to ruin弄壞
带坏 dài huài to lead astray帶壞
使坏 shǐ huài to play dirty tricks使壞
摔坏 shuāi huài to drop and break摔壞
崩坏 bēng huài crash崩壞

huài Decomposition & Compounds

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huài Decomposition

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