huài = hu + ai4
bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost
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How to pronounce 坏

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

坏 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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Characters with 坏 as component

坏 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 坏

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destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
bad person / villain
bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things

Sentences with 坏

zhè
shì
tiān
jūn
zuò
shì
mǎng
 
 
huài
le
móu

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huài

bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost

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