破败

破敗

pòbài

adjective #31,664

Meanings

1 dilapidated
2 ruined; broken-down
3 to crush in battle; to fall to ruin

Characters

broken; to break

to be defeated; ruined

Examples

HSK 5

村里只剩下几间破败的房屋。

Cūn lǐ zhǐ shèngxià jǐ jiān pòbài de fángwū.

Only a few dilapidated houses remained in the village.

HSK 7-9

战争之后，整个国家破败不堪。

Zhànzhēng zhīhòu, zhěnggè guójiā pòbài bùkān.

After the war the whole country was utterly ruined.

Tips

usage

Most often adjectival (破败的房子, 破败的庭院) describing physically run-down buildings. As a verb it's literary, with senses 'to defeat in battle' or '(of a household/dynasty) to fall to ruin' - closer to 破灭 + 衰败.

Stroke Order

破 pò

败 bài