败北 Traditional form: 敗北 Pinyin (reading): bàiběi Definitions: (literary) to be routed (in a war) to suffer defeat (in sports etc) Characters: 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat 北 - north; northern; northward Traditional characters: 敗 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat 北 - north; northern; northward