| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 敗 | 败 | bài | be defeated; to defeat; loss |
| 敗北 | 败北 | bài běi | suffer defeat; lose a battle |
| 敗筆 | 败笔 | bài bǐ | a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing |
| 敗壞 | 败坏 | bài huài | ruin; corrupt; undermine |
| 敗火 | 败火 | bài huǒ | relieve inflammation or internal heat |
| 敗績 | 败绩 | bài jī | be utterly defeated; be routed |
| 敗家子 | 败家子 | bài jiā zǐ | spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal |
| 敗局 | 败局 | bài jú | lost game; losing battle |
| 敗類 | 败类 | bài lèi | scum of a community; degenerate |
| 敗露 | 败露 | bài lù | (of a plot, etc.) fall through and stand exposed |
| 敗落 | 败落 | bài luò | decline (in wealth and position) |
| 敗訴 | 败诉 | bài sù | lose a lawsuit |
| 敗退 | 败退 | bài tuì | retreat in defeat |
| 敗胃 | 败胃 | bài wèi | spoil one's appetite |
| 敗興 | 败兴 | bài xìng | disappointed |
| 敗血症 | 败血症 | bài xuè zhèng | septicaemia |
| 敗仗 | 败仗 | bài zhàng | lost battle; defeat |
| 敗陣 | 败阵 | bài zhèn | be defeated on the battlefield; be beaten in a contest |
| 敗子回頭 | 败子回头 | bài zǐ huí tóu | return of the prodigal son |
| 不敗之地 | 不败之地 | bù bài zhī dì | invincible position |
| 挫敗 | 挫败 | cuò bài | thwart; defeat; foil (someone's plans, etc) |
| 打敗 | 打败 | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to suffer a defeat; to be defeated |
| 獨孤求敗 | 独孤求败 | Dú gū Qiú bài | Dugu Qiubai |
| 腐敗 | 腐败 | fǔ bài | corruption; corrupt; rotten |
| 腐敗罪 | 腐败罪 | fǔ bài zuì | the crime of corruption |
| 擊敗 | 击败 | jī bài | defeat; beat |
| 破敗 | 破败 | pò bài | beaten; ruined |
| 失敗 | 失败 | shī bài | be defeated |
| 失敗是成功之母 | 失败是成功之母 | shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ | "Failure is the mother of success" (proverb) |
| 失敗者 | 失败者 | shī bài zhě | loser |
| 失敗主義 | 失败主义 | shī bài zhǔ yì | defeatism |
| 衰敗 | 衰败 | shuāi bài | decay |
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