腐败 meaning in English

fǔbài

corruption; to corrupt

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 腐敗22 strokes

Meaning of 腐败

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fǔbài
  1. corruption
  2. to corrupt
  3. to rot
  4. rotten

腐败 in example sentences

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

让ràng我wǒ们men赶gǎn走zǒu腐fǔ败bài的de政zhèng客kè!
Let's chase out corrupt politicians!
政zhèng治zhì家jiā以yǐ揭jiē露lù政zhèng府fǔ官guān员yuán的de腐fǔ败bài来lái推tuī动dòng改gǎi革gé。
The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.

Stroke order for each character

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腐 fǔ · to spoil · 14 strokes

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败 bài · to defeat · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 腐败.

失败shībàito be defeated; to lose
打败dǎbàito defeat; to overpower
豆腐dòufutofu; bean curd
腐烂fǔlànto rot; to putrefy
腐蚀fǔshícorrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically)
腐朽fǔxiǔrotten; decayed
腐化fǔhuàto rot; to decay
击败jībàito defeat; to beat
失败者shībàizhěloser
败类bàilèiscum of a community; degenerate
战败zhànbàito lose a war
挫败cuòbàito thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat

Questions about 腐败

What does 腐败 mean?

腐败 (fǔbài) means "corruption; to corrupt" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 腐败?

腐败 is made of 2 characters: 腐 (14 strokes), 败 (8 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 腐败 an HSK word?

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

How is 腐败 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 腐败 is written 腐敗.