| 败 | bài | be defeated; to defeat; loss |
| 打败 | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to suffer a defeat; to be defeated |
| 击败 | jī bài | defeat; beat |
| 败坏 | bài huài | to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine |
| 成败 | chéng bài | success or failure |
| 大败 | dà bài | to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb |
| 挫败 | cuò bài | to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); to defeat |
| 败退 | bài tuì | retreat in defeat |
| 惨败 | cǎn bài | to suffer a crushing defeat |
| 溃败 | kuì bài | utterly defeated; routed; crushed; to collapse (of army) |
| 胜败 | shèng bài | victory or defeat; result |
| 衰败 | shuāi bài | to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate |
| 败仗 | bài zhàng | lost battle; defeat |
| 败类 | bài lèi | scum of a community; degenerate |
| 一败涂地 | yī bài tú dì | failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position |
| 酸败 | suān bài | (milk) to turn sour; (meat, fish)to go off |
| 败诉 | bài sù | lose a lawsuit |
| 失败 | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次 |
| 腐败 | fǔ bài | corruption; corrupt; rotten |
| 不分胜败 | bù fēn shèng bài | to not be able to distinguish who's winning |
| 不败之地 | bù bài zhī dì | invincible position |
| 以失败而告终 | yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng | to succeed through failure; to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback |
| 倒败 | dǎo bài | to collapse (of building) |
| 伤风败俗 | shāng fēng bài sú | offending public morals (idiom) |
| 两败俱伤 | liǎng bài jù shāng | both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins |
| 兵败如山倒 | bīng bài rú shān dǎo | troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse |
| 功败垂成 | gōng bài chuí chéng | to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory |
胜不骄，
败不馁 | shèng bù jiāo ,
bài bù něi | no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat |
| 反败为胜 | fǎn bài wéi shèng | to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide |
| 反腐败 | fǎn fǔ bài | to oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc) |
| 坐观成败 | zuò guān chéng bài | to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides; to sit on the fence |
| 壹败涂地 | yī bài tú dì | beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position |
| 失败主义 | shī bài zhǔ yì | defeatism |
| 失败是成功之母 | shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ | Failure is the mother of success. |
| 失败者 | shī bài zhě | loser |
| 彻底失败 | chè dǐ shī bài | utter failure |
成也萧何，
败也萧何 | chéng yě Xiāo Hé ,
bài yě Xiāo Hé | raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom); success or failure depends solely on one individual |
| 成败利钝 | chéng bài lì dùn | succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages; success and failure; You win some, you lose some. |
| 战败 | zhàn bài | to lose a war |
| 挠败 | náo bài | defeated; routed; crushed |
| 败不成军 | bài bù chéng jūn | the army is completely routed (idiom) |
| 败光 | bài guāng | to squander one's fortune; to dissipate one's wealth |
| 败北 | bài běi | to suffer defeat; to lose (a battle, an election); the loser |
| 败子回头 | bài zǐ huí tóu | return of the prodigal son |
| 败家子 | bài jiā zǐ | spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal |
| 败局 | bài jú | lost game; losing battle |
| 败德 | bài dé | evil conduct |
| 败战 | bài zhàn | to lose a war; fig. the loser (in a competition or election) |
| 败柳残花 | bài liǔ cán huā | broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman |
| 败火 | bài huǒ | relieve inflammation or internal heat |
