毁坏 meaning in English

huǐhuài

to damage; to devastate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 毀壞20 strokes

Meaning of 毁坏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huǐhuài
  1. to damage
  2. to devastate
  3. to vandalize
  4. damage
  5. destruction

毁坏 in example sentences

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

这zhè个ge国guó家jiā被bèi长cháng期qī的de战zhàn争zhēng毁huǐ坏huài了le。
The country had been devastated by long war.
庙miào宇yǔ的de毁huǐ坏huài有yǒu一yī部bù分fèn要yào归guī因yīn于yú酸suān雨yǔ。
The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.
他tā践jiàn踏tà那nà箱xiāng易yì碎suì品pǐn,毁huǐ坏huài了le里lǐ面miàn的de物wù品pǐn。
He stomped on the fragile box, destroying its contents.

Stroke order for each character

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毁 huǐ · to destroy · 13 strokes

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坏 huài · bad · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 毁坏.

坏人huàirénbad person; villain
坏处huàichùharm; troubles
破坏pòhuàidestruction; damage
摧毁cuīhuǐto destroy; to wreck
毁灭huǐmièto perish; to ruin
坏事huàishìbad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
损坏sǔnhuàito damage; to injure
烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
销毁xiāohuǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
好坏hǎohuàigood or bad; good and bad
时好时坏shíhǎo-shíhuàisometimes good, sometimes bad
毁掉huǐdiàoto destroy

Questions about 毁坏

What does 毁坏 mean?

毁坏 (huǐhuài) means "to damage; to devastate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 毁坏?

毁坏 is made of 2 characters: 毁 (13 strokes), 坏 (7 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 毁坏 an HSK word?

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

How is 毁坏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 毁坏 is written 毀壞.