扯破

Chinese

		pull; tear; to talk casually	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
simp. and trad. (扯破)		扯	破

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chěpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˇ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce² po³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chěpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˇ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chěpò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê³-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: chě-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheepoh
    • Palladius: чэпо (čɛpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce² po³
    • Yale: ché po
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse² po³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé² po³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ pʰɔː³³/

Verb

扯破

1. to rip; to tear

   • 風刮得很緊，雪片像扯破了的棉絮一樣在空中飛舞，沒有目的地四處飄落。 [MSC, trad.]
     风刮得很紧，雪片像扯破了的棉絮一样在空中飞舞，没有目的地四处飘落。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1934, 巴金, 家，Chapter 1

     Fēng guā dé hěn jǐn, xuěpiàn xiàng chěpò le de miánxù yīyàng zài kōngzhōng fēiwǔ, méiyǒu mùde dì sìchù piāoluò. [Pinyin]

     The wind was blowing fiercely. Snowflakes, floating in the air like bits of shredded cotton, aimlessly drifted down.

Synonyms

• 剺破 (Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Hokkien)
• 撕巴 (sība) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 撕破 (sīpò)
• 撕裂 (sīliè)