打败

打敗

dǎbài

verb HSK 4 #2,000

Meanings

1 to defeat
2 to beat

Characters

to hit; to fight

to defeat; to lose

Literally hit-defeat — to strike someone into defeat.

Examples

我们队打败了对手。

Wǒmen duì dǎbài le duìshǒu.

Our team beat the opponent.

他在比赛中被打败了。

Tā zài bǐsài zhōng bèi dǎbài le.

He was defeated in the competition.

困难打不败我们。

Kùnnan dǎ bú bài wǒmen.

Difficulties cannot defeat us.

Tips

grammar

被打败 uses the passive marker 被 to mean was defeated. The potential form 打不败 means cannot be defeated.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

败 bài