Traditional: 破壞
破坏 (pò huài) means “destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word (traditional 破壞) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
他不应该破坏公物。
Tā búyìnggāi pòhuài gōngwù.
He shouldn't destroy public property
Updated: 2026-05-27