| 败 | [ bài ] be defeated, to defeat, loss |
| 败北 | [ bài běi ] suffer defeat, lose a battle |
| 败笔 | [ bài bǐ ] a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting, a faulty expression in writing |
| 败坏 | [ bài huài ] ruin, corrupt, undermine |
| 败火 | [ bài hǔo ] relieve inflammation or internal heat |
| 败绩 | [ bài jī ] be utterly defeated, be routed |
| 败家子 | [ bài jīa zǐ ] spendthrift, wastrel, prodigal |
| 败局 | [ bài jú ] lost game, losing battle |
| 败类 | [ bài lèi ] scum of a community, degenerate |
| 败露 | [ bài lù ] (of a plot, etc.) fall through and stand exposed |
| 败落 | [ bài lùo ] decline (in wealth and position) |
| 败诉 | [ bài sù ] lose a lawsuit |
| 败退 | [ bài tùi ] retreat in defeat |
| 败胃 | [ bài wèi ] spoil one's appetite |
| 败兴 | [ bài xìng ] disappointed |
| 败血症 | [ bài xùe zhèng ] septicaemia |
| 败仗 | [ bài zhàng ] lost battle, defeat |
| 败阵 | [ bài zhèn ] be defeated on the battlefield, be beaten in a contest |
| 败子回头 | [ bài zǐ húi tóu ] return of the prodigal son |
| ⇒ 不败之地 | [ bù bài zhī dì ] invincible position |
| ⇒ 挫败 | [ cùo bài ] thwart, defeat, foil (someone's plans, etc) |
| ⇒ 打败 | [ dǎ bài ] to defeat, to overpower, to beat, to suffer a defeat, to be defeated |
| ⇒ 腐败 | [ fǔ bài ] corruption |
| ⇒ 腐败罪 | [ fǔ bài zùi ] the crime of corruption |
| ⇒ 击败 | [ jī bài ] defeat, beat |
| ⇒ 破败 | [ pò bài ] beaten, ruined |
| ⇒ 失败 | [ shī bài ] be defeated |
| ⇒ 失败是成功之母 | [ shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ ] "Failure is the mother of success" (proverb) |
| ⇒ 衰败 | [ shuāi bài ] decay |
