破

pò

broken; damaged; worn out

verbadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

破

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

破
  • 打破dǎpòto breakB5
  • 破坏pòhuàidestructionB5
  • 破产pòchǎnto go bankruptB6
  • 突破tūpòto break throughB6
  • 破案pò’ànto solve a criminal caseB7
  • 破除pòchúto eliminateB7
  • 破解pòjiěto break (a bond, constraint etc)B7

See it in sentences

他的裤子破了。

His pants are torn.

这是一张破桌子。

This is a broken table.