败 (bài) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 败 when reading — handwriting it is not required (that applies to the 150 writing characters). The stroke animation below is optional but helps memory.
Stroke Order & Practice
Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.
HSK 4 Words Containing 败
打败
to defeat; to beat
我们的球队打败了对手。
Wǒmen de qiúduì dǎbài le duìshǒu.
Our team defeated the opponent.
失败
to fail; failure
失败是成功之母。
Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.
Failure is the mother of success.
Tasks Featuring 败 / 相关任务
Words containing 败 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
About the character 败
败 (bài) means to be defeated; to fail. It is one of the 150 characters HSK 4 expects you to write from memory. Practice the stroke order until it feels automatic — most learners need 5–10 successful traces before a character "sticks".