坏 huài▶ malo

Stroke order

坏 is written in 7 strokes.

• 坏

Senses

1. bad
2. spoiled
3. broken
4. to break down
5. (suffix) to the utmost

Example sentences

• 我的手表坏了。Wǒ de shǒubiǎo huài le.My watch is broken.
• 别吃坏了的水果。Bié chī huàile de shuǐguǒ.Do not eat fruit that has gone bad.

Related words

• 破坏Destrucción
• 损坏daño
• 败坏Corrupto; corromper

坏 is pronounced huài and means “malo”. It belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 坏 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.