坏 (huài) means Bad (spoiled). Below are 24 of the 32 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
请不要破 坏 花草。
Qǐng bùyào pòhuài huācǎo.
Please do not damage the plants.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
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
他的键盘 坏 了一个键。
Tā de jiànpán huài le yí ge jiàn.
One key on his keyboard is broken.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 键盘
过度开采会破 坏 环境。
Guòdù kāicǎi huì pòhuài huánjìng.
Over-extraction damages the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开采
请不要损 坏 公共设施。
Qǐng bú yào sǔnhuài gōnggòng shèshī.
Please do not damage public facilities.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 损坏
我不小心把杯子弄 坏 了。
Wǒ bù xiǎoxīn bǎ bēizi nòng huài le.
I broke the cup by accident.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 弄
外面太冷，我快冻 坏 了。
Wàimiàn tài lěng, wǒ kuài dòng huài le.
It is freezing outside; I am half frozen.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冻
这件事破 坏 了他们的关系。
Zhè jiàn shì pòhuài le tāmen de guānxi.
This ruined their relationship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
年轻时多吃苦并不是 坏 事。
Niánqīng shí duō chī kǔ bìng bú shì huàishì.
Enduring some hardship when young is no bad thing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吃苦
过量使用化肥会破 坏 土壤。
Guòliàng shǐyòng huàféi huì pòhuài tǔrǎng.
Using too much chemical fertiliser damages the soil.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化肥
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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
坏 appears in 32 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 坏
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 坏
How is 坏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 32 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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