坏
huài HSK1

rotten

坏 (壞) huài
broken verb
out of order, malfunctioning, or damaged

我的自行车坏了。

wǒ de zì​xíng​chē huài le.

My bicycle is broken.

bad adjective
morally bad, evil, or of poor quality

这是一个坏主意。

zhè shì yī gè huài zhǔ​yi.

This is a bad idea.

extremely adjective
used as a suffix to indicate an extreme or unbearable degree

听到这个消息，他乐坏了。

tīng​dào zhè​ge xiāo​xi, tā lè huài le.

He was thrilled to bits upon hearing the news.

spoiled verb
rotten or decayed, specifically regarding food

牛奶坏了，不能喝了。

niú​nǎi huài le, bù néng hē le.

The milk has gone bad; it's no longer drinkable.

ruin adjective
to ruin, spoil, or damage something abstract like a reputation, plan, or atmosphere

千万别因为这点小事坏了大局。

qiān​wàn bié yīn​wèi zhè diǎn xiǎo shì huài le dà​jú.

Don't let such a small matter ruin the big picture.

Frequency
Character
Written text
832nd most common 215.6 per million
Movie subtitles
455th most common 322.5 per million appears in 80% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
233.8 per million appears in 60% of films
Written text
63.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
壞
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+574F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)