HSK 6 · Verbs

损坏 sǔnhuài “to damage” in Chinese

Traditional 損壞

What 损坏 means

  1. to damage
  2. to break
  3. to injure

How to say 损坏

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale损sǔn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale坏huài4th tone, falling

损坏 in a sentence

  1. 这个电子仪器肯定在运输途中损坏了。

    Zhè ge diànzǐ yíqì kěndìng zài yùnshū túzhōng sǔnhuài le.

    This electronic device must have been damaged in transit.

    Sentence #1328163 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 屋顶被暴风雨损坏了。

    Wūdǐng bèi bàofēngyǔ sǔnhuài le.

    The roof was damaged by the storm.

    Sentence #907248 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 货物毫无损坏地到达了。

    Huòwù háowú sǔnhuài de dàodá le.

    The goods arrived undamaged.

    Sentence #7768400 from Tatoeba

How 损坏 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 损 (sǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
损sǔnto decrease; to diminish
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 员employee · yuánSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 员 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with sǔn.

The character 坏 (huài) with each of its parts in a different colour
坏huàibad
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 不no · bùSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huài.

How to write 损坏

损 10 strokes · 坏 7 strokes

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

Words related to 损坏

Words with 损

损失sǔnshī · loss亏损kuīsǔn · loss (financial)

Words with 坏

坏huài · bad破坏pòhuài · to destroy败坏bàihuài · to ruin

More words: Common Verbs

率领shuàilǐng · to lead束缚shùfù · to restrict树立shùlì · to establish耸sǒng · to shrug塑造sùzào · to shape塌tā · to collapse探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)掏tāo · to take out (from a pocket)

FAQs

损坏 (sǔnhuài) means “to damage” or “to break”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sǔnhuài: sǔn with a 3rd tone, then huài 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, 损坏 is written 損壞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sunhuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 损坏 from the suggestions. Typing sunhuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
损坏 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.