腐败 fǔbài▶ corrupt

Traditional

腐敗

Stroke order

腐败 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 腐 — 14 strokes
• 败 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. corruption
2. to corrupt
3. to rot
4. rotten

Characters in 腐败

• 腐 fǔ — decay; rotten
• 败 bài — to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 腐朽Decadent
• 腐烂Decay
• 腐蚀corrosion
• 败坏Corrupt
• 豆腐Bean curd
• 失败fail

腐败 is pronounced fǔbài and means “corrupt”.

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