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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pò | po4
English translation
broken
damaged
worn out
to break, split or cleave
to get rid of
to destroy
to break with
to defeat
to capture (a city etc)
to expose the truth of
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

rock

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石皮

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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一下 yīxià zhuàng dào 门框 mén kuàng shǎng , tóu zhuàng le .

I charged into a doorpost and hurt my head.

le , xuè huì 凝固 nínggù 结痂 jié jiā .

When you cut yourself , blood clots and forms a scab.

上周 shàng zhōu mǎi de zhè Shuāng xié 已经 yǐjīng kuài le .

These shoes I bought last week are already showing signs of wear.

冰雹 bīngbáo měng ,玻璃窗 le .

Hail fell with such violence that it broke windows.

zhè 10 Yuán de 票子 kāi .

Break the ten - yuan note , please.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
broken
破坏 pòhuài damage破壞
突破 tūpò to break through突破 tūpò
打破 dǎ pò to break打破 dǎ pò
破产 pòchǎn to go bankrupt破產
破裂 pò liè to rupture破裂 pò liè
破案 pò àn to solve a case破案 pò àn
破碎 pò suì to shatter破碎 pò suì
破解 pò jiě to explain破解 pò jiě
爆破 bào pò to blow up爆破 bào pò
破烂 pò làn worn-out破爛
拿破仑 Ná pò lún Napoleon (name)拿破崙
破门 pò mén to burst or force open a door破門
破灭 pò miè to be shattered破滅
侦破 zhēn pò to solve (crime)偵破
冲破 chōng pò breakthrough衝破
破获 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot)破獲
破损 pò sǔn to become damaged破損
破旧 pò jiù shabby破舊
破门而入 pò mén ér rù to break the door down and enter (idiom)破門而入
识破 shí pò to penetrate識破
破译 pò yì to break a code破譯
破绽 pò zhàn hole or tear in cloth破綻
攻破 gōng pò to break through攻破 gōng pò
破例 pòlì to make an exception破例 pòlì

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