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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.

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