破
Meanings
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- 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
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Wiktionary
- 1.to break; to tear
- 2.to break; to break with; to smash
- 3.to ruin; to destroy
- 4.to rout; to drive out; to drive away; to banish
- 5.to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel
- 6.to spend; to expend
- 7.to cleave (with a tool or hands); to cut open; to split open
- 8.to expose; to lay bare; to show up
- 9.to break a banknote into small change
- 10.broken; worn out; damaged
- 11.low-quality; poor; lousy
- 12.to handle; to deal with; to do
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰaːls): semantic 石 + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral). According to Schuessler (2007), cognate with Burmese ဖဲ့ (hpai., “to break off a small piece”), Dimasa bai (“break”), Mizo peh (peʔ, “to break; be broken”); the connection to the Burmese is supported by Hill (2019). However, STEDT derives the above three terms from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(p/b)aj (“to break out; to break off; to hatch”) and does not compare 破 (OC *pʰaːls) to it.
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Components
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Example sentences
我們快破產了。
We're almost broke.
我們來把這破事解決了。
Let's end this nonsense.
我的牛仔褲破了一個洞。
I got a hole in my jeans.
你的袜子破了一个洞呀。
There is a hole in your sock.
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