Bad in Chinese
bad · HSK 2
坏
这个人很坏，别相信他。 This person is bad, don't trust him.
Other ways to say bad
More words with 坏
How do you say bad in Chinese?
Bad in Chinese is 坏 (huài). You can also say 差 (chà), 糟 (zāo), 不良 (bù liáng), 糟糕 (zāo gāo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.