拆
chāi
to break up, split apart, rip open; to destroy
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手
- HSK
- 5
- Tone
- 1
Stroke order
Example sentences
他怎么敢拆我的信！
Tā zěn me gǎn chāi wǒ de xìn
How dare he open my letters!
过河拆桥。
Guò hé chāi qiáo
Danger past, God forgotten.
这不就是拆了东墙补西墙吗？
Zhè bù jiù shì chāi le dōng qiáng bǔ Xī qiáng ma
Isn't this just tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall?
没有人会为这个旧建筑物的拆除而落泪。
Méi yǒu rén huì wèi zhè ge jiù jiàn zhù wù de chāi chú ér luò lèi
Nobody's going to shed any tears if that old building gets torn down.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.