坼

chè
  1. to crack
  2. to split
  3. to break
  4. to chap

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to crack; to break open
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sprout; to blossom
  3. to crack; to break open
  4. to sprout; to blossom

Wiktionary

  1. 裂開。
  2. 花朵開放。
  3. 分開。
  4. 毀壞。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

坼副 chèpì
坼裂 chèliè

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裂化 lièhuà to crack (fractionally distill oil)
龜裂 jūnliè
  1. to crack
  2. cracked
  3. fissured
  4. creviced
  5. (of skin) chapped
裂 liè
  1. to split
  2. to crack
  3. to break open
  4. to rend
自來水管凍裂了。

The water pipes froze and then burst.

Source: Tatoeba

迸裂 bèngliè
  1. to split
  2. to crack
  3. to burst (open)
迸 bèng
  1. to burst forth
  2. to spurt
  3. to crack
  4. split
破解 pòjiě
  1. to break (a bond, constraint etc)
  2. to explain
  3. to unravel
  4. to decipher
  5. to decode
  6. to crack (software)
均分 jūnfēn
  1. to split
  2. to divide equally
均分蛋糕有些難度。

Cutting a cake into equal pieces is rather difficult.

Source: Tatoeba

撝 huī
  1. to split
  2. to direct
  3. to brandish
  4. humble
破開 pòkāi
  1. to split
  2. to cut open
綻破 zhànpò
  1. to burst
  2. to split
捭 bò
  1. variant of 擘 bò
  2. to separate
  3. to split
解 jiě
  1. to divide
  2. to break up
  3. to split
  4. to separate
  5. to dissolve
  6. to solve
  7. to melt
  8. to remove
  9. to untie
  10. to loosen
  11. to open
  12. to emancipate
  13. to explain
  14. to understand
  15. to know
  16. a solution
  17. a dissection
我不理解你

I do not understand you.

I don't understand you.

Source: Tatoeba

擘 bò
  1. thumb
  2. to break
  3. to tear
  4. to pierce
  5. to split
折 zhé
  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book
折被子。

Fold the quilt.

Source: Tatoeba

拗斷 ǎoduàn (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
摧 cuī
  1. to break
  2. to destroy
  3. to devastate
  4. to ravage
  5. to repress
斷 duàn
  1. to break
  2. to snap
  3. to cut off
  4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. to judge
  6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. definitely
  8. decidedly
我的手臂斷了。

I broke my arm.

Source: Tatoeba

斷開 duànkāi
  1. to break
  2. to sever
  3. to turn off (electric switch)
砸破 zápò
  1. to break
  2. to shatter
折 shé
  1. to snap
  2. to break (a stick, a bone etc)
  3. (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
折被子。

Fold the quilt.

Source: Tatoeba

折斷 zhéduàn
  1. to snap sth off
  2. to break
我在一場交通意外中折斷了腿。

My leg was broken in a traffic accident.

Source: Tatoeba

炸碎 zhàsuì
  1. to destroy in an explosion
  2. to break (by bombing)
骨折 gǔzhé
  1. to suffer a fracture
  2. (of a bone) to break
  3. fracture
骨折的腿还没好。

The broken leg has not healed yet.

Source: Tatoeba

弄壞 nònghuài
  1. to ruin
  2. to spoil
  3. to break
湯尼弄壞了它。

Tony broke it.

Source: Tatoeba

打斷 dǎduàn
  1. to interrupt
  2. to break off
  3. to break (a bone)
她打斷了我。

She interrupted me.

Source: Tatoeba

擊 jī
  1. to hit
  2. to strike
  3. to break
  4. Taiwan pr. jí
我們軍隊總是被遊擊隊騷擾。

Our troops were constantly attacked by the guerrillas.

Source: Tatoeba

決裂 juéliè
  1. to rupture
  2. to burst open
  3. to break
  4. to break off relations with
  5. a rupture
爆出 bàochū
  1. to burst out
  2. to appear unexpectedly
  3. to break (media story)
開戒 kāijiè
  1. to end abstinence
  2. to resume (drinking) after a break
  3. to break (a taboo)
破壞 pòhuài
  1. destruction
  2. damage
  3. to wreck
  4. to break
  5. to destroy
我认为考试破坏教育。

I think exams ruin education.

Source: Tatoeba

刷新 shuāxīn
  1. to renovate
  2. to refurbish
  3. to refresh (computer window)
  4. to write a new page (in history)
  5. to break (a record)
他刷新了百米短跑的世界紀錄。

His record is a new world record in the 100-meter dash.

Source: Tatoeba

皴裂 cūnliè (of lips, skin etc) to chap
皸 jūn to chap
皸裂 jūnliè (of lips, skin etc) to chap