Broken


The character ‘坏’ (huài) can be used as a verb, which means ‘broken’ or ‘to break down’. For example, ‘我的车坏了’ means ‘my vehicle has broken down’. However when using ‘坏’ (huài) as an adjective it means ‘bad’, for example, ‘坏人’ (huài rén) means ‘bad person’. Also ‘坏’ (huài) can mean 'something is off', for example, '这个鸡蛋坏了'(zhè gè jī dàn huài le) means ' this egg is off'.

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