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壞: bad; rotten; sly

By March 20, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

壞 [坏] huài

adjective
: bad; spoiled; rotten; sly
: broken; to break down
: (suffix) to the utmost

Kun Reading

壊す | こわす kowasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to break; to destroy; to demolish
: to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
: to break (a bill, etc.)

壊れる | こわれる kowareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

On Reading

かい kai

え e

 Usage:

壞[坏]蛋 huai4dan4: bad egg; scoundrel; bastard
壞[坏]了 huai4le: shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost
壞[坏]事 huai4shi4: bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
壞[坏]人 huai4ren2: bad person; villain
壞[坏]掉 huai4diao4: spoilt; ruined
壞家伙 [坏家伙] huai4 jia1 huo3: bad guy; scoundrel; dirty bastard
OR
壞東西 [坏东西] huai4 dong1 xi: bastard; scoundrel; rogue
壞脾氣 [坏脾气] huai4 pi2 qi4: bad temper
破壞[坏] po4huai4: destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy
[破壊 | はかい hakai: destruction; disruption
: (Computer terminology) (application) crash]
損壞[损坏] sun3huai4: to damage; to injure [損壊 | そんかい sonkai: damage; destruction]
毁壞[坏] hui3huai4: to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction
敗壞[败坏] bai4huai4: to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
好壞[坏] hao3huai4: good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality
教壞[坏] jiao1huai4: to misguide; to corrupt (sb)



Japanese expression
懐が痛む | ふところがいたむ futokoro ga itamu
: to make a dent in one’s purse; to have to pay out of one’s own pocket



Chinese expression / idiom
時好時壞 [时好时坏] shi2 hao3 shi2 huai4
: sometimes good, sometimes bad

一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 [一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥] yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1
: lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee; fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(tu3: earth/soil radical #32) suggests the meaning while
(huai2: to wrap; to conceal; to hug) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
坏. Created as unique simplification #96 (壞 » 坏) via replacement of character component.



Historical / Japanese variant:
壊 huai4

 Music:


壞女孩 – Ella Chen 陳嘉樺

作詞:藍小邪
作曲:張簡君偉
編曲:Jerry C
制作人:張簡君偉

壞在我竟忘了用眼淚 換一種疼愛
壞在我從不相信假笑 值得被青睞
壞在 好期待 永遠能壞得自在

感謝那麼多好人
笑我罵我念我壞壞壞壞到沒人愛更自愛
那些迷路的 同類們 快醒過來
感謝那麼多好人
急著忙著趕著壞壞壞壞到我們該站出來
逆行在人海 揚起的 那些澎湃 太痛快

壞在我總能徹底打敗 善良的傷害
壞在我真的捨得淘汰 虛偽的崇拜
壞在 好精彩 我就愛這種女孩

感謝那麼多好人
笑我罵我念我壞壞壞壞到沒人愛更自愛
那些迷路的 同類們 快醒過來
感謝那麼多好人
急著忙著趕著壞壞壞壞到我們該站出來
逆行在人海 揚起的 那些澎湃 太痛快

多想笨得像個天才 燦爛像顆塵埃
無所謂是好是壞

感謝那麼多好人
笑我罵我念我壞壞壞壞到沒人愛更自愛
那些迷路的 同類們 快醒過來
感謝那麼多好人
急著忙著趕著壞壞壞壞到我們該站出來
逆行在人海 揚起的 那些澎湃 太痛快

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary