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腐敗

腐敗

See also: 腐败

Chinese

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

Verb

腐敗

to go bad; to rot; to spoil (of organic matter)

Adjective

腐敗

corrupt
rotten; spoilt

Noun

腐敗

corruption

Synonyms

貪污／贪污 (tānwū)

Japanese

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

Noun

腐敗 ‎(hiragana ふはい, romaji fuhai)

decay, putrefaction
corruption, such as political corruption

Verb

腐敗する ‎(hiragana ふはいする, romaji fuhai suru)

to rot, to decompose
to become corrupt

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	腐敗し	ふはいし	fuhai shi
Continuative (連用形)	腐敗し	ふはいし	fuhai shi
Terminal (終止形)	腐敗する	ふはいする	fuhai suru
Attributive (連体形)	腐敗する	ふはいする	fuhai suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	腐敗すれ	ふはいすれ	fuhai sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fǔbài

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ baai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-phai
Min Nan (POJ): hú-pāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fǔbài
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuubay
  - IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ paɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    俯拜
    腐敗／腐败
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ baai⁶
  - Yale: fuh baaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ baai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː²² pɑːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-phai
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu` pai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ pai⁴
  - IPA: /fu³¹ pʰa̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-pāi
  - Tâi-lô: hú-pāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hw'pai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paɪ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ paɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ paɪ³³/