碎 (seoi3 | sui4) : broken; break to pieces; smash; busted

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碎

seoi3

sui4

[1] broken; break to pieces; smash; busted; torn [2] trivial; unimportant; trifling [3] garrulous; gabby [4] cut hair short

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 石 (#112)

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

碎

This word has been viewed 9443 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2018 15:29

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易碎 ji6 seoi3 yi4 sui4 = fragile; breakable

心碎 sam1 seoi3 = heartbroken, brokenhearted

瑣碎 so2 seoi3 = pettiness, trivial

粉碎 fan2 seoi3 fen3 sui4 = to crash; to break up

剁碎 doek3*1 seoi3 duo4 sui4 = mince (as in chopping up)

碎料 seoi3 liu6*2 = small scrap (lit., "broken materials"); a minor matter

雜碎 zaap6 seoi3 za2 sui4 = chop suey, mixed stew; offal; mixed entrails; trivial matters

碎錢 seoi3 cin4*2 = small change

七彩碎紙 cat1 coi2 seoi3 zi2 = confetti 粵

切碎 cit3 seoi3 = to mince (food preparation)

布碎娃娃 bou3 seoi3*2 waa1 waa1 = rag doll

布碎 bou3 seoi3*2 bu4 sui4 = rag, rags

碎布 seoi3 bou3 = rag, rags

濕濕碎 sap1 sap1 seoi3 shi1 shi1 sui4 = trivial things; small change 粵

碎肉機 seoi3 juk6 gei1 = a food processor, meat grinder

碎蔭 seoi3 jam3*1 = shaggy front hair (hairstyle)

碎銀 seoi3 ngan4*2 sui4 yin2 = small change; small money 粵

劈碎 pek3 seoi3 = to split; to rend

壓碎 aat3 seoi3 ya1 sui4 = crush

搗碎 dou2 seoi3 dao3 sui4 = to smash

碎屑 seoi3 sit3 sui4 xie4 = detritus

朱古力碎 zyu1 gu2*1 lik6*1 seoi3 = chocolate chips 粵

粉碎機 fan2 seoi3 gei1 fen3 sui4 ji1 = pulverizer; grinder; kibbler

破碎 po3 seoi3 po4 sui4 = to smash; shatter (to pieces)

雞碎 gai1 seoi3 = trifles, a small amount of money

研碎 ngaan4 seoi3 = pulverize

碎紙機 seoi3 zi2 gei1 = a shredder

碎紙 seoi3 zi2 = to shred paper

肉碎 juk6 seoi3 = minced meat (lit., "smashed meat"); finely chopped meat

碎肉 seoi3 juk6 = minced meat (lit., "smashed meat"); finely chopped meat

零碎 ling4 seoi3 ling2 sui4 = scrappy, fragmentary, odds and ends, oddments, bits and pieces 國

碎屍萬段 seoi3 si1 maan6 dyun6 sui4 shi1 wan4 duan4 = of a body to be chopped into ten thousand pieces

細碎 sai3 seoi3 xi4 sui4 = fragments; bits and pieces

不碎 bat1 seoi3 bu4 sui4 = shatterproof

不碎玻璃 bat1 seoi3 bo1 lei4*1 bu4*2 sui4 bo1 li2/5 (Taiwan/PRC) = shatterproof or safety glass

放射性碎片 fong3 se6 sing3 seoi3 pin3 fang4 she4 xing4 sui4 pian4 = radioactive debris

寧為玉碎,不為瓦全 ning4 wai4 juk6 seoi3 bat1 wai4 ngaa5 cyun4 ning4 wei2 yu4 sui4 bu4 wei2 wa3 sui4 = be willing to make sacrifices in the name of justice than lapse in one's integrity

Showing 1 example containing 碎

擸埋啲碎銀塞入櫃桶粵
Grab the coins and shove them into the drawer.

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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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