败 (bài): To defeat — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 6 Recognition 4

1.

Animated Stroke Order 败

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 败

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

败

贝shell/currency

攵strike

败=

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 败

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5.

How to Use 败

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 败 works in context.

Failure or Defeat

Used in words that mean 'fail' or 'be defeated'.

HSK 4

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 败

HSK words that contain this character.

HSK 3.0 · L4

dǎ打

bài

7.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 败 is used in context

wǒ我

men们

de的

qiú球

duì队

jī击

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贝shell/currency

+攵strike

A hand (攵) strikes and destroys valuable shells (贝) — to defeat or ruin.

shī失

bài败

fail

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

cuò挫

bài败

Frustration

Decay or Corrupt

Used in words that mean 'decay', 'rot', or 'corrupt'.

HSK 6

fǔ腐

bài败

rotten; putrid; decayed

HSK 6

bài败

huài坏

ruin; corrupt; debase

败

to defeat

HSK 3.0 · L6

jī击

bài败

to defeat; to beat

bài

败

le了

duì对

shǒu手

。

Our team defeated the opponent

zhèng政

fǔ府

zhèng正

zài在

dǎ打

jī击

fǔ腐

bài败

xíng行

wéi为

。

The government is cracking down on corruption

Zhè这

chǎng场

zhàn战

yì役

，

wǒ我

jūn军

dà大

bài败

dí敌

jūn军

。

In this battle, our army soundly defeated the enemy forces.

zhè这

cì次

shí实

yàn验

yǐ以

shī失

bài败

gào告

zhōng终

。

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