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破
Mandarin · pinyin pò
Meanings
- broken
- damaged
- worn out
- 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
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- 破
- pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
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Mandarin tones
4 · po4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
po3
Cantonese word readings for 破. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to break; to tear
- to break; to break with; to smash
- to ruin; to destroy
- to rout; to drive out; to drive away; to banish
- to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel
- to spend; to expend
- to cleave (with a tool or hands); to cut open; to split open
- to expose; to lay bare; to show up
- to break a banknote into small change
- broken; worn out; damaged
- (colloquial) low-quality; poor; lousy
- (slang) to handle; to deal with; to do
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