餀 (hài) - Hai — refers to food that has spoiled, & rotten or tainted food.

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hài ｜ 13 strokes ｜ radical:

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餀 · hài

Hai — refers to food that has spoiled, gone bad, or become putrid;

rotten or tainted food.

Hai — refers to food that has spoiled,rotten or tainted food.

Usage highlights

spoiled foodrotten meatputrid fishtainted grainrancid oilbad smell from spoiled food

Synonyms

  • 腐— rotten, decayed
  • 坏— bad, spoiled
  • 败— decayed, ruined

Antonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The food has spoiled and become inedible (食物餀了).
  • They discarded the rotten meat (餀肉).
  • Eating spoiled food can cause illness (吃餀食会生病).

Collocations

  • spoiled food(餀食)
  • rotten meat(餀肉)
  • putrid fish(餀鱼)
  • tainted grain(餀谷)
  • rancid oil(餀油)
  • bad smell from spoiled food(餀气)

Idioms

  • Rotten fish and spoiled meat(餀鱼败肉)
  • Tainted food and putrid grain(餀食腐谷)
  • Foul odor from rotten food(餀气熏天)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • This character appears in classical texts describing spoiled or contaminated food.
  • In traditional Chinese culture, avoiding spoiled food was important for health according to medical texts.
  • The character is rarely used in modern Chinese, appearing mainly in classical contexts.

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