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拆 chāi

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拆 chāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chāi | chai1
English translation
to tear open
to tear down
to tear apart
to open
to break open, to split up, to tear apart

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About 拆 chāi

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HSK level

5

Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

拆 chāi

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 拆 chāi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌斥

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

斥 chì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 斥 chì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 拆 chāi

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他 tā 告 gào 拆 chāi 我们 wǒmen 可以 kěyǐ 随便 suíbiàn 逛 guàng .

He told us that we could wander around at will.

这种 zhè zhǒng 包 Bāo 有 yǒu 可 kě 拆卸 chāi xiè 的 de 带子 dài zi .

The bag comes with detachable straps.

他们 tā men 拆除 chāi chú 了 le 我 wǒ 的 de 旧 jiù 房子 fáng zi ,建起了 le 五 wǔ 幢 chuáng 新 Xīn 房子 fáng zi .

They pulled down my old house and built five new ones.

她 tā 急速 jí sù 地 de 拆散 chāi sàn 头发 tóufa ,使 shǐ 之 zhī 完全 wánquán 泼 pō 散开 sàn kāi 来 lái .

Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.

没 méi 工具 gōngjù ,谁 shuí 也 Yě 拆 chāi 不 bù 开 kāi 大链套 tào 呀 ya . ”

You'd need the right kind of tools to fix that. "

Words with 拆 chāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拆 chāi to tear open拆 chāi
拆迁 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants拆遷
拆除 chāi chú to tear down拆除 chāi chú
拆开 chāi kāi to dismantle拆開
拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc)拆散 chāi sàn
拆卸 chāi xiè to unload拆卸 chāi xiè
拆穿 chāi chuān to expose拆穿 chāi chuān
拆借 chāi jiè short-term loan拆借 chāi jiè
拆毁 chāi huǐ to dismantle拆毀
拆分 chāi fēn to break up into parts拆分 chāi fēn
拆线 chāi xiàn to remove stitches (from a wound)拆線
拆台 chāi tái to undermine sb's plans拆臺
拆息 chāi xī daily interest on a loan拆息 chāi xī
拆解 chāi jiě to disassemble拆解 chāi jiě
过河拆桥 guò hé chāi qiáo lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)過河拆橋
拆洗 chāi xǐ to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)拆洗 chāi xǐ
拆东墙补西墙 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng Rob Peter to pay Paul拆東牆補西牆
拆字 chāi zì fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters拆字 chāi zì
拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī Rob Peter to pay Paul拆東補西
拆用 chāi yòng to cannibalize拆用 chāi yòng

拆 chāi Decomposition & Compounds

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拆 chāi Decomposition

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