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破
pò
1. broken
2. damaged
3. worn out
4. lousy
5. rotten
6. to break, split or cleave
7. to get rid of
8. to destroy
9. to break with
10. to defeat
11. to capture (a city etc)
12. to expose the truth of
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

破
pò
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

侦破
zhēnpò
to investigate (as detective)
刺破
cìpò
to puncture
划破
huápò
to cut open
勘破
kānpò
see [[看破<kànpò>]]
戳破
chuōpò
puncture
打破
dǎpò
to break
扯破
chěpò
tear apart
捅破
tǒngpò
to pierce
揭破
jiēpò
to uncover
摔破
shuāipò
to fall and smash into pieces
撑破
chēngpò
to burst
撕破
sīpò
to tear
攻破
gōngpò
to make a breakthrough
残破
cánpò
broken
爆破
bàopò
to blow up
看破
kànpò
to see through
破亡
pòwáng
to die out
破例
pòlì
to make an exception
HSK 6
破冰
pòbīng
to break the ice
破口
pòkǒu
tear or rupture

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
603
Word Frequency Rank
730 of 84,292

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