败

• 拼音: bài
• 汉字拆解: 败 = 贝 (shell/money) + 攵 (strike), meaning defeat — the image of striking wealth, leading to loss

含义

To lose; to be defeated; to fail. The opposite of winning or succeeding.

Used in competition, war, and general contexts of failure. Appears in many compounds: 失败 (fail), 打败 (defeat), 败坏 (corrupt), 腐败 (corruption). Can function as both a verb (to lose) and a component in adjectives describing decline or ruin.

例句

1. 这次比赛我们队败了，但大家没有放弃。
2. 在这场战争中，他们被彻底打败了。
3. 骄傲使人失败，谦虚使人进步。

用法指南

语境: competition, sports, general

语气: serious

正确说法

• 胜败乃兵家常事，不要太在意。(Victory and defeat are common in battle — don't take it too hard.)
• 虽然这次败了，但我们学到了很多。(Although we lost this time, we learned a lot.)

错误说法

• 说'我败了考试' (Don't say 败了考试 for failing an exam — use 没考好 or 考试不及格; 败 is for competitive defeats, not exam failure)

起源与历史

Composed of 贝 (shell, representing wealth) and 攵 (strike). Originally depicted striking or destroying wealth, conveying the idea of loss and defeat.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal