HSK 6 · Society

腐败 fǔbài “corrupt” in Chinese

Traditional 腐敗

What 腐败 means

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

How to say 腐败

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale腐fǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale败bài4th tone, falling

腐败 in a sentence

  1. 夏天食物容易腐败。

    Xiàtiān shíwù róngyì fǔbài.

    Food goes off easily in summer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这些水果已经腐败了，不能吃了。

    Zhèxiē shuǐguǒ yǐjīng fǔbài le, bùnéng chī le.

    This fruit has gone rotten and can’t be eaten.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 腐败 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 腐 (fǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
腐fǔdecay
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 付give · fùSound part
  • 肉meat · ròuMeaning part

肉 hints at the meaning (meat); 付 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǔ.

The character 败 (bài) with each of its parts in a different colour
败bàito defeat
  • 贝sea shell · bèiSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 贝 (bèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bài.

How to write 腐败

腐 14 strokes · 败 8 strokes

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腐败 (fǔbài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 腐败 (fǔbài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 腐败

Words with 腐

豆腐dòufu · tofu腐朽fǔxiǔ · rotten腐蚀fǔshí · to corrode腐烂fǔlàn · to rot

Words with 败

失败shībài · to fail败坏bàihuài · to ruin

More words: Society & Law

封锁fēngsuǒ · to blockade风土人情fēngtǔrénqíng · local customs and conditions分裂fēnliè · to split否决fǒujué · to veto福利fúlì · welfare俘虏fúlǔ · prisoner of war复兴fùxīng · revival纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles

FAQs

腐败 (fǔbài) means “corrupt” or “corruption”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǔbài: fǔ with a 3rd tone, then bài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 腐败 is written 腐敗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fubai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 腐败 from the suggestions. Typing fubai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
腐败 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.