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坏

huài

bad; broken

bad; broken
Memory picture

Character

坏 huài

Strokes
7
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 不 no, not, un-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我的手机坏了。 Wǒ de shǒujī huài le. My phone is broken.
  • 这个电脑坏了。 Zhège diànnǎo huài le. This computer is broken.
  • 我的车是坏的。 Wǒ de chē shì huài de. My car is broken.
  • 电脑坏了,不能上网。 Diànnǎo huài le, bù néng shàngwǎng. The computer is broken, so I can't go online.
  • 你的汽车坏了吗? Nǐ de qìchē huài le ma? Is your car broken?
  • 今天买的杯子坏了。 Jīntiān mǎi de bēizi huài le. The cup we bought today is broken.
  • 别的东西没有坏。 Biéde dōngxi méiyǒu huài. Nothing else is broken.
  • 老师说电视机坏了。 Lǎoshī shuō diànshìjī huài le. The teacher said the TV set is broken.
  • 电视是好的,电脑是坏的。 Diànshì shì hǎo de, diànnǎo shì huài de. The TV is fine; it's the computer that's broken.
  • 车坏了,我们不能去北京。 Chē huài le, wǒmen bù néng qù Běijīng. The car broke down, we can't go to Beijing.

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