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裂

liè

HSK 6 Character

What 裂 means

1. to split
2. to crack
3. to break open
4. to rend

Example sentences

• 我的嘴裂开了。
  Wǒ de zuǐ lièkāi le.
  I have chapped lips.
• 今天我头痛欲裂。
  I have a bad headache today.
• 自来水管冻裂了。
  The water pipes froze and then burst.
• 和谈再次破裂了。
  The peace talks failed again.
• 和平谈判再次破裂了。
  The peace talks failed again.
• 水从破裂的水管倾泻而出。
  Shuǐ cóng pòliè de shuǐguǎn qīngxiè ér chū.
  Water poured from the broken pipe.

Words starting with 裂

• 裂缝liè fèngcrack; crevice
• 裂开liè kāito split open
• 裂痕liè héncrack; gap; split
• 裂纹liè wéncrack; flaw
• 裂变liè biàn(physics) to undergo nuclear fission; (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units…
• 裂化liè huàto crack (fractionally distill oil)
• 裂口liè kǒubreach; split; rift
• 裂殖liè zhíschizo-
• 裂片liè piànsplinter; chip; tear (split in a surface)
• 裂解liè jiěpyrolysis; splitting (chemistry)
• 裂谷liè gǔ(geology) rift valley
• 裂脑人liè nǎo réncommissurotomy
• 裂谷热liè gǔ rèRift Valley fever (RVF)
• 裂变材料liè biàn cái liàofissionable material
• 裂变武器liè biàn wǔ qìfission weapon
• 裂变炸弹liè biàn zhà dànfission bomb
• 裂变产物liè biàn chǎn wùfission products
• 裂变碎片liè biàn suì piànfission fragment
• 裂体吸虫liè tǐ xī chóngschistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)
• 裂殖菌liè zhí jūnSchizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
• 裂殖菌纲liè zhí jūn gāngSchizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
• 裂隙liè xìgap; slit; crack; crevice; fracture
• 裂罅liè xiàrift; crevice; fissure
• 裂璺liè wènto crack; to split; fracture line

Words containing 裂

• 分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide; to break up
• 破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
• 断裂duàn lièfracture; rupture; to break apart
• 撕裂sī lièto tear; to rip apart
• 决裂jué lièto rupture; to burst open; to break
• 撕心裂肺sī xīn liè fèiin unbearable anguish; agonizing
• 爆裂bào lièto rupture; to burst; to explode
• 割裂gē lièto cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate
• 开裂kāi lièto split open; to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open)
• 碎裂suì lièto disintegrate; to shatter into small pieces
• 四分五裂sì fēn wǔ liè(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
• 精神分裂症jīng shén fēn liè zhèngschizophrenia
• 干裂gān liè(of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
• 身败名裂shēn bài míng lièto lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away…
• 炸裂zhà lièto burst; to explode; to rupture; (neologism; slang) amazing; epic; phenomenal
• 车裂chē lièto tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts…
• 可裂变kě liè biànfissionable
• 外侧裂wài cè lièlateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure (neuroanatomy)
• 断裂带duàn liè dàifault zone (geology)
• 核分裂hé fēn liènuclear fission
• 核裂变hé liè biànatomic fission; nuclear fission; fission
• 爆裂物bào liè wùexplosives
• 破裂音pò liè yīn(linguistics; old) plosive; stop
• 分裂主义fēn liè zhǔ yìseparatism

Characters built on 列

These share the phonetic component 列 (liè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 咧liēused in 咧咧; used in 大大咧咧; used in 骂骂咧咧
• 冽liècold and raw
• 趔lièused in 趔趄
• 洌lièpure; to cleanse

Characters that look like 裂

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

• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 煎jiānto pan fry; to sauté
• 梨lípear
• 寝qǐn(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom…
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子

Sounds the same

Read liè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 列to arrange; to line up; file
• 烈ardent; intense; fierce
• 劣inferior
• 猎hunting
• 冽cold and raw
• 洌pure; to cleanse
• 鬣bristles; mane
• 劦unending exertion
• 捩tear; twist
• 趔used in 趔趄
• 埒(literary) equal; enclosure; dike
• 躐step across