破坏 pòhuài▶ Hủy diệt

Stroke order

破坏 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 破 — 10 strokes
• 坏 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. destruction
2. damage
3. to wreck
4. to break
5. to destroy

Related words

• 破产phá sản
• 破hỏng
• 损坏thiệt hại
• 破例Tạo ngoại lệ
• 突破Vi phạm, sự vi phạm
• 败坏Tham nhũng; đồi bại

破坏 is pronounced pòhuài and means “Hủy diệt”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 破坏 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.