| 敗 | [ bài ] be defeated, to defeat, loss |
| 敗北 | [ bài běi ] suffer defeat, lose a battle |
| 敗筆 | [ bài bǐ ] a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting, a faulty expression in writing |
| 敗壞 | [ bài huài ] ruin, corrupt, undermine |
| 敗火 | [ bài hǔo ] relieve inflammation or internal heat |
| 敗績 | [ bài jī ] be utterly defeated, be routed |
| 敗家子 | [ bài jīa zǐ ] spendthrift, wastrel, prodigal |
| 敗局 | [ bài jú ] lost game, losing battle |
| 敗類 | [ bài lèi ] scum of a community, degenerate |
| 敗露 | [ bài lù ] (of a plot, etc.) fall through and stand exposed |
| 敗落 | [ bài lùo ] decline (in wealth and position) |
| 敗訴 | [ bài sù ] lose a lawsuit |
| 敗退 | [ bài tùi ] retreat in defeat |
| 敗胃 | [ bài wèi ] spoil one's appetite |
| 敗興 | [ bài xìng ] disappointed |
| 敗血症 | [ bài xùe zhèng ] septicaemia |
| 敗仗 | [ bài zhàng ] lost battle, defeat |
| 敗陣 | [ bài zhèn ] be defeated on the battlefield, be beaten in a contest |
| 敗子回頭 | [ bài zǐ húi tóu ] return of the prodigal son |
| ⇒ 不敗之地 | [ bù bài zhī dì ] invincible position |
| ⇒ 挫敗 | [ cùo bài ] thwart, defeat, foil (someone's plans, etc) |
| ⇒ 打敗 | [ dǎ bài ] to defeat, to overpower, to beat, to suffer a defeat, to be defeated |
| ⇒ 腐敗 | [ fǔ bài ] corruption |
| ⇒ 腐敗罪 | [ fǔ bài zùi ] the crime of corruption |
| ⇒ 擊敗 | [ jī bài ] defeat, beat |
| ⇒ 破敗 | [ pò bài ] beaten, ruined |
| ⇒ 失敗 | [ shī bài ] be defeated |
| ⇒ 失敗是成功之母 | [ shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ ] "Failure is the mother of success" (proverb) |
| ⇒ 衰敗 | [ shuāi bài ] decay |