破

pò

“Broken” in Chinese is 破 (pò).

Other characters with the syllable po: see all 7 →

Meaning

broken
damaged
worn out

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lousy
rotten
to break, split or cleave
to get rid of
to destroy
to break with
to defeat
to capture (a city etc)
to expose the truth of

Example

她打破了世界紀錄。

She broke the world record.

From 打破 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 破

打破dǎpòto break; to smashHSK 3 破坏pòhuàidestructionHSK 3 破产pòchǎnto go bankruptHSK 4 突破tūpòto break throughHSK 5 破案pò'ànto solve a criminal caseHSK 7-9 破除pòchúto eliminateHSK 7-9 破解pòjiěto break (a bond, constraint etc)HSK 7-9 破旧pòjiùshabbyHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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