败坏 bàihuài▶ Corrupto; corromper

Stroke order

败坏 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 败 — 8 strokes
• 坏 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to ruin
2. to corrupt
3. to undermine

Related words

• 损坏daño
• 腐败corrupto
• 破坏Destrucción
• 失败fallar
• 坏malo

败坏 is pronounced bàihuài and means “Corrupto; corromper”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 败坏 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.