拆 (caak3 | chai1) : tear open; pull down

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拆

caak3

chai1

[1] tear open; take apart; undo
[2] pull down; dismantle; demolish

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

拆

Don't confuse with:
折

This word has been viewed 8201 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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拆息 caak3 sik1 chai1 xi1 = daily interest rate

拆散 caak3 saan2 chai1 san4 = to break up (a marriage, family, etc.)

拆穿 caak3 cyun1 = expose; unmask

清拆 cing1 caak3 = clearance

拆線 caak3 sin3 chai1 xian4 = disconnection, a "broken line"

拆卸 caak3 se3 chai1 xie4 = to dismantle ; demolition

拆棚 caak3 paang4 = scaffold dismantling

拆檔 caak3 dong3 = to dissolve partnerships

拆家 caak3 gaa1 chai1 jia1 = a distributor of drugs, a drug dealer, a drug pusher

拆骨 caak3 gwat1 = to attack sb

拆招牌 caak3 ziu1 paai4 = to ruin a business owner's reputation by complaining (lit., "split the signboard")

炒蝦拆蟹 caau2 haa1 caak3 haai5 = to use bad language; to swear

可拆 ho2 caak3 ke3 chai1 = detachable; removable

拆遷 caak3 cin1 chai1 qian1 = to tear away (land from its owners)

拆斷 caak3 tyun5 = break off, break away by using force

分拆 fan1 caak3 = to split; to divide

爛船拆埋都有三斤釘 laan6 syun4 caak3 maai4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1 = a rich and influential man at his lowest is still better off than the poor 粵

拆用 caak3 jung6 chai1 yong4 = to tear down and reuse; to cannibalize

拆賬 caak3 zoeng3 chai1 zhang4 = to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits

拆字 caak3 zi6 chai1 zi4 = glyphomancy

嘈到拆樓 cou4 dou3 caak3 lau4*2 = to be very noisy 粵

拆樓 caak3 lau4*2 = to tear down a building; to be very noisy 粵

拆開 caak3 hoi1 chai1 kai1 = to untwine; to untwist, demount, disassemble, unbraid, unpick sth

嗌到拆天 aai3 dou3 caak3 tin1 ai4 dao4 chai1 tian1 = shout in a loud voice 粵

見招拆招 gin3 ziu1 caak3 ziu3 jian4 zhao1 chai1 zhao1 = to deal with an opponents moves one by one with counter moves 粵

拆解 caak3 gaai2 chai1 jie3 = to solve

拆除 caak3 ceoi4 chai1 chu2 = disasemble; take apart; demolish; pull down

拆聲 caak3 seng1 chai1 sheng1 = distortion, overdrive

拆你屋 caak3 nei5 uk1 chai1 ni3 wu1 = alley oop 粵

Showing 1 example containing 拆

收聲啦, 嘈到拆樓咁! 粵
Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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