败
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to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 貝 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 敗
- Common rank
- #822
- Unicode
- U+8D25
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
fail · Heisig RSH #341
taskmaster + clam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 败
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不败之地 | (idiom) invincible position | |
| 成事不足，败事有余 | unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom); unable to do anythin… | |
| 败子回头 | return of the prodigal son | |
| 败家子 | spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal | |
| 成败论人 | to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom) | |
| 失败主义 | defeatism | |
| 成败得失 | lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors | |
| 兵败如山倒 | troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse | |
| 失败是成功之母 | Failure is the mother of success. | |
| 不分胜败 | to not be able to distinguish who's winning | |
| 失败者 | loser | |
| 败子 | see 敗家子|败家子[bai4 jia1 zi3] | |
| 大败 | to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb | |
| 败家 | to squander a family fortune | |
| 手下败将 | (idiom) one's defeated opponent | |
| 开败 | to wither and fall | |
| 败德 | evil conduct | |
| 打败 | to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated | |
| 成败 | success or failure | |
| 反败为胜 | to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 贝 — compare how they read.