败
bài HSK4

be defeated

败 (敗) bài
lose noun
to suffer defeat or fail to win in a contest or endeavor

胜败乃兵家常事。

shèng bài nǎi Bīng​jiā cháng​shì.

Victory and defeat are common outcomes for a general.

damage verb
to ruin, spoil, or cause something to deteriorate

这种不雅的行为败了大家的胃口。

zhè zhǒng bù yǎ de xíng​wéi bài le dà​jiā de wèi​kǒu.

This unrefined behavior spoiled everyone's appetite.

defeat verb
to overcome or beat an opponent in a competition or battle

他在决赛中成功大败对手。

tā zài jué​sài zhōng chéng​gōng dà​bài duì​shǒu.

He successfully defeated his opponent soundly in the final.

wither verb
to wilt or fade, particularly in reference to flowers and plants

秋风一吹，花园里的花渐渐都败了。

qiū​fēng yī chuī, huā​yuán lǐ de huā jiàn​jiàn dōu bài le.

As the autumn wind blows, the flowers in the garden gradually wither.

Frequency
Character
Written text
862nd most common 204.8 per million
Movie subtitles
863rd most common 138.0 per million appears in 45% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.51 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
41.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
敗
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+8D25

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