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bài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bài | bai4
English translation
failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat

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About bài

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

bài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of bài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

貝攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

bèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Bèi represents the sound. Simplified form of bài .

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Words with bài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
失败 shībài to lose失敗
打败 dǎ bài to defeat打敗
bài to defeat bài
击败 jī bài to defeat擊敗
腐败 fǔbài corruption腐敗
失败者 shī bài zhě loser失敗者
成败 chéng bài success or failure成敗
反腐败 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption反腐敗
挫败 cuò bài to thwart挫敗
惨败 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat慘敗
败类 bài lèi degenerate敗類
败坏 bàihuài to ruin敗壞
战败 zhàn bài to lose a war戰敗
落败 luò bài to fail落敗
败诉 bài sù lose a lawsuit敗訴
一败涂地 yī bài tú dì a crushing defeat一敗塗地
败露 bài lù (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed敗露
大败 dà bài to defeat大敗
气急败坏 qì jí bài huài flustered and exasperated氣急敗壞
败血症 bài xuè zhèng septicaemia敗血症
衰败 shuāi bài to decline衰敗
两败俱伤 liǎng bài jù shāng both sides suffer (idiom)兩敗俱傷
败北 bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war)敗北
溃败 kuì bài routed潰敗
反败为胜 fǎn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide反敗為勝

bài Decomposition & Compounds

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