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拆

chāi

HSK 5 Character

What 拆 means

1. to tear open
2. to tear down
3. to tear apart
4. to open

Example sentences

• 过河拆桥。
  Guòhé-chāiqiáo.
  Destroy one's bridges after one has crossed the river.
• 汤姆把钟拆开了。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ zhōng chāikāi le.
  Tom took the clock apart.
• 他怎幺敢拆我的信！
  How dare he open my letters!
• 他们正在拆这面墙。
  They are breaking down the wall.
• 他们拆掉了一部分墙。
  They knocked down a part of the wall.
• 我们以前住的房子被拆毁了。
  Wǒmen yǐqián zhù de fángzi bèi chāihuǐ le.
  The house in which we lived was torn down.

Words starting with 拆

• 拆迁chāi qiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
• 拆除chāi chúto tear down; to demolish; to dismantle
• 拆开chāi kāito dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed)
• 拆散chāi sànto break up (a marriage, family etc)
• 拆卸chāi xièto dismantle; to take apart
• 拆毁chāi huǐto demolish; to tear down
• 拆穿chāi chuānto expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)
• 拆解chāi jiěto disassemble
• 拆下chāi xiàto dismantle; to take apart
• 拆借chāi jièto make (or take out) a short-term loan
• 拆分chāi fēnto break up into parts
• 拆字chāi zìfortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
• 拆家chāi jiā(slang) low-level drug dealer; (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house…
• 拆封chāi fēngto open (sth that has been sealed)
• 拆息chāi xīdaily interest on a loan
• 拆机chāi jīto dismantle a machine; to terminate a telephone service
• 拆洗chāi xǐto unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
• 拆用chāi yòngto tear down and reuse; to cannibalize
• 拆线chāi xiànto remove stitches (from a wound)
• 拆台chāi tái(theater) to dismantle the stage; (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet…
• 拆账chāi zhàngto work in an enterprise for a share of the profits
• 拆放款chāi fàng kuǎnfunds on call; invested sum that can be cashed
• 拆东补西chāi dōng bǔ xīlit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient…
• 拆东墙补西墙chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng(lit.) to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)…

Words containing 拆

• 分拆fèn chāito separate off; to hive off; a demerger
• 清拆qīng chāidemolition (of buildings for new project)
• 清拆户qīng chāi hùdemolition of homes; to destroy homes (for new building projects)
• 同业拆借tóng yè chāi jiècall loan; short-term loan within banking
• 托里拆利Tuō lǐ chāi lìEvangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
• 见招拆招jiàn zhāo chāi zhāoto counter every move; to be full of tricks
• 过河拆桥guò hé chāi qiáo(lit.) to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)…
• 人艰不拆rén jiān bù chāilife is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)
• 挡拆dǎng chāipick and roll (basketball); screen and roll
• 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūnrather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

Characters that look like 拆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…

Sounds the same

Read chāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钗hairpin
• 差to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post