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bài = b + ai4
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
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How to pronounce 敗

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.

= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

敗 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
bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
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= pu + Ø1
variant of 攴[pu1]
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Characters with 敗 as component

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

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lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
to not be able to distinguish who's winning

Sentences with 敗

敗 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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bài

to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

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