坏事 meaning in English

huàishì

bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 壞事15 strokes

Meaning of 坏事

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huàishì
  1. bad thing; misdeed
  2. to ruin things

坏事 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ可kě不bù想xiǎng要yào坏huài事shì发fā生shēng在zài我wǒ们men身shēn上shàng。
I don't want something bad to happen to us.
长zhǎng不bù高gāo不bú是shì坏huài事shì。
There's nothing wrong with not being tall.
这zhè是shì件jiàn坏huài事shì。
This is a bad thing.
过guò多duō会huì坏huài事shì,过guò少shǎo不bù济jì事shì。
Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
知zhī识shí就jiù是shì力lì量liàng,但dàn这zhè力lì量liàng可kě以yǐ用yòng来lái做zuò好hǎo事shì,也yě可kě以yǐ用yòng来lái做zuò坏huài事shì。
Knowledge is power, but it is power for evil just as much as for good.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

坏 huài · bad · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

事 shì · matter · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 坏事.

没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business
故事gùshiold practice
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker
坏人huàirénbad person; villain
坏处huàichùharm; troubles
事实shìshífact
事实上shìshíshangin fact; in reality
事件shìjiànincident; event
破坏pòhuàidestruction; damage
事业shìyèundertaking; project

Questions about 坏事

What does 坏事 mean?

坏事 (huàishì) means "bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 坏事?

坏事 is made of 2 characters: 坏 (7 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 坏事 an HSK word?

Yes. 坏事 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 坏事 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 坏事 is written 壞事.