Usage note
“打败”的意思是战胜对手，比如在比赛或游戏中赢了别人。
“dǎ bài” de yì si shì zhàn shèng duì shǒu, bǐ rú zài bǐ sài huò yóu xì zhōng yíng le bié rén.
It means to defeat someone, like winning against another person in a contest or game.
Context note
在食物话题里，“打败”可以表示用某种食材或味道战胜另一种，比如辣味打败了甜味。
Zài shíwù huàtí lǐ, “dǎbài” kěyǐ biǎoshì yòng mǒu zhǒng shícái huò wèidào zhànshèng lìng yī zhǒng, bǐrú là wèi dǎbài le tián wèi.
In the context of food, 'defeat' can describe how one ingredient or flavor overpowers another, like spiciness beating sweetness.
5 examples
这场比赛我们打败了对手。
zhè chǎng bǐ sài wǒ men dǎ bài le duì shǒu。
我们在比赛中打败了对手。
他用智慧打败了敌人。
tā yòng zhì huì dǎ bài le dí rén。
他用智慧打败了敌人。
这道菜打败了所有其他菜品。
zhè dào cài dǎ bài le suǒ yǒu qí tā cài pǐn。
这道菜打败了所有其他菜品。
我们团队在比赛中打败了对手。
wǒ men tuán duì zài bǐ sài zhōng dǎ bài le duì shǒu。
我们在比赛中打败了对手。
这场比赛他成功地打败了对手。
zhè chǎng bǐ sài tā chéng gōng dì dǎ bài le duì shǒu。
他在比赛中成功地打败了对手。
5 mini stories
小明和他的朋友们在足球比赛中打败了另一支队伍。他们非常高兴。
xiǎo míng hé tā de péng yǒu men zài zú qiú bǐ sài zhōng dǎ bài le lìng yì zhī duì wu。 tā men fēi cháng gāo xìng。
Xiao Ming and his friends defeated another team in the football match. They were very happy.
妈妈做的这道菜太美味了，打败了其他餐馆的菜品。大家都喜欢。
mā ma zuò de zhè dào cài tài měi wèi le， dǎ bài le qí tā cān guǎn de cài pǐn。 dà jiā dōu xǐ huan。
Mom's dish was so delicious that it outshone dishes from other restaurants. Everyone liked it.
小红用她的智慧和努力打败了所有竞争对手。她赢得了比赛。
xiǎo hóng yòng tā de zhì huì hé nǔ lì dǎ bài le suǒ yǒu jìng zhēng duì shǒu。 tā yíng dé le bǐ sài。
Xiao Hong used her wisdom and effort to defeat all the competitors. She won the competition.
这次比赛我们团队打败了其他队伍，大家都很兴奋。
zhè cì bǐ sài wǒ men tuán duì dǎ bài le qí tā duì wu， dà jiā dōu hěn xīng fèn。
Our team defeated other teams in this competition, everyone was very excited.
这道菜非常受欢迎，因为它打败了所有其他菜品的味道。
zhè dào cài fēi cháng shòu huān yíng， yīn wèi tā dǎ bài le suǒ yǒu qí tā cài pǐn de wèi dào。
This dish is very popular because it outshines all the others in taste.
Related words and contrasts
similar
战胜
zhàn shèng
to triumph over
Both mean to win against someone or something.
opposite
输
shū
to lose
打败 means to defeat; 输 means to be defeated.