Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

huài, pī, péi

Bopomofo

ㄏㄨㄞˋ, ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄟˊ

Jyutping

waai6

Example sentences

這臺電腦壞了。
这台电脑坏了。

This computer is broken.

gǎi
她決定改掉這個壞習慣。
她决定改掉这个坏习惯。

She decided to break this bad habit.

我們不應該做壞事。
我们不应该做坏事。

We should not do bad things.

警察把那個壞人抓住了。
警察把那个坏人抓住了。

The police caught that bad person.

凡事別老往壞處想。
凡事别老往坏处想。

Don't always think about the downsides of everything.

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