败

to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #822 U+8D25

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 (semantic, “rap”) + 贝 (phonetic, bèi)

components: 贝攵

fail · Heisig RSH #341

taskmaster + clam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 贝

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 贝 (bèi) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
贝 sound component	bèi	sea shell; money, currency
贼	zéi	thief, traitor; cunning, sly
坝	bà	embankment; dam
赘	zhuì	unnecessary, superfluous
呗	bài	final particle of an assertion
狈	bèi	a legendary wolf; distressed, wretched
钡	bèi	barium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不败之地	bù bài zhī dì	(idiom) invincible position
成事不足，败事有余	chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú	unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom); unable to do anythin…
败子回头	bài zǐ huí tóu	return of the prodigal son
败家子	bài jiā zǐ	spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
成败论人	chéng bài lùn rén	to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
失败主义	shī bài zhǔ yì	defeatism
成败得失	chéng bài dé shī	lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
兵败如山倒	bīng bài rú shān dǎo	troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
不分胜败	bù fēn shèng bài	to not be able to distinguish who's winning
失败是成功之母	shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ	Failure is the mother of success.
失败者	shī bài zhě	loser
败子	bài zǐ	see 敗家子\|败家子[bai4 jia1 zi3]
大败	dà bài	to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb
败家	bài jiā	to squander a family fortune
手下败将	shǒu xià bài jiàng	(idiom) one's defeated opponent
开败	kāi bài	to wither and fall
败德	bài dé	evil conduct
打败	dǎ bài	to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
反败为胜	fǎn bài wéi shèng	to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
成败	chéng bài	success or failure