腐敗

See also: 腐败

Chinese

		decay; rotten	be defeated; to defeat; loss
trad. (腐敗)		腐	敗
simp. (腐败)		腐	败

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔbài

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ baai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-phai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-pāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔbài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔbài
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-pai⁴
    • Yale: fǔ-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuubay
    • Palladius: фубай (fubaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ baai⁶
    • Yale: fuh baaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ baai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ bai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² paːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-phai
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu` pai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ pʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-pāi
    • Tâi-lô: hú-pāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'pai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pai³³/

Verb

腐敗

1. (of organic matter) to go bad; to rot; to spoil
2. (neologism, colloquial, humorous) to go out for a (fancy) meal together; to lead a lavish life (by having good food, singing karaoke, or travelling)

Synonyms

• (to go bad):

• 壞／坏 (huài)
• 朽壞／朽坏 (xiǔhuài)
• 朽弊 (xiǔbì) (literary)
• 朽敗／朽败 (xiǔbài)
• 朽爛／朽烂 (xiǔlàn) (literary)
• 朽腐 (xiǔfǔ)
• 糟 (zāo)
• 糟朽 (zāoxiǔ) (literary)
• 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ)
• 腐爛／腐烂 (fǔlàn)
• 臭爛／臭烂 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 䭞／𬲳 (Hokkien)

 

Adjective

腐敗

1. corrupt; degenerate; immoral
2. rotten; spoilt

Noun

腐敗

1. corruption (dishonesty by people in positions of authority)

   根除腐敗／根除腐败  ―  gēnchú fǔbài  ―  to root out corruption

   官場腐敗／官场腐败  ―  guānchǎng fǔbài  ―  corruption among officials

See also

• 貪污／贪污 (tānwū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腐	敗
ふ Grade: S	はい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふはい [fùháí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝha̠i]

Noun

腐(ふ)敗(はい) • (fuhai) 

1. decay, putrefaction
2. corruption, such as political corruption

Verb

腐(ふ)敗(はい)する • (fuhai suru) suru (stem 腐(ふ)敗(はい)し (fuhai shi), past 腐(ふ)敗(はい)した (fuhai shita))

1. to rot, to decompose
2. to become corrupt

Conjugation

Conjugation of "腐敗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	腐敗し	ふはいし	fuhai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	腐敗し	ふはいし	fuhai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	腐敗する	ふはいする	fuhai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	腐敗する	ふはいする	fuhai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	腐敗すれ	ふはいすれ	fuhai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	腐敗せよ¹ 腐敗しろ²	ふはいせよ¹ ふはいしろ²	fuhai seyo¹ fuhai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	腐敗される	ふはいされる	fuhai sareru
Causative	腐敗させる 腐敗さす	ふはいさせる ふはいさす	fuhai saseru fuhai sasu
Potential	腐敗できる	ふはいできる	fuhai dekiru
Volitional	腐敗しよう	ふはいしよう	fuhai shiyō
Negative	腐敗しない	ふはいしない	fuhai shinai
Negative continuative	腐敗せず	ふはいせず	fuhai sezu
Formal	腐敗します	ふはいします	fuhai shimasu
Perfective	腐敗した	ふはいした	fuhai shita
Conjunctive	腐敗して	ふはいして	fuhai shite
Hypothetical conditional	腐敗すれば	ふはいすれば	fuhai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative