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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)

破旧
pòjiù
shabby
破镜
pòjìng
broken mirror
破缺
pòquē
breaking
破胆
pòdǎn
lit. to bust guts
破财
pòcái
bankrupt
破钞
pòchāo
to spend money
破产
pòchǎn
to go bankrupt
HSK 5
破绽
pòzhàn
hole or tear in cloth
破灭
pòmiè
to be shattered
破瓜
pòguā
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity
破蛹
pòyǒng
to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)
破读
pòdú
pronunciation of a character other than the standard
破身
pòshēn
to lose one's virginity
破碎
pòsuì
to smash to pieces
破败
pòbài
to defeat
破案
pòàn
to solve a case
破敝
pòbì
shabby
破格
pògé
to break the rule
破洞
pòdòng
a hole
破浪
pòlàng
to set sail

Metadata

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

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