坏 (huài) means Bad (spoiled). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
冰箱 坏 了，牛奶不能放了。
Bīngxiāng huài le, niúnǎi bù néng fàng le.
The fridge is broken, so we can't keep milk in it.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 坏
这个楼的电梯 坏 了。
Zhège lóu de diàntī huài le.
The lift in this building is broken.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 电梯
房间里的空调 坏 了。
Fángjiān lǐ de kōngtiáo huài le.
The air conditioner in the room is broken.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 空调
From the graded readers
那天下午，我们楼的电梯 坏 了。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, wǒmen lóu de / dì diàntī huàile.
That afternoon the lift in our building broke down.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
From the travel phrasebook
这台机器 坏 了。
Zhè tái jīqì huài le.
This machine is broken.
Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment
Questions about 坏
How is 坏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 坏 (huài, "Bad (spoiled)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 坏 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 坏 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 坏 an HSK word?
Yes — 坏 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 坏?
The dictionary page for 坏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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