破 pò in a sentence
Break (destroy - worn out - spend - expose - defeat)
破 (pò) means Break (destroy - worn out - spend - expose - defeat). Below are 24 of the 29 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
杯子掉在地上摔 破 了。
Bēizi diào zài dì shàng shuāi pò le.
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 破
请不要 破 坏花草。
Qǐng bùyào pòhuài huācǎo.
Please do not damage the plants.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
那家公司去年 破 产了。
Nà jiā gōngsī qùnián pò chǎn le.
That company went bankrupt last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破产
破 产以后他重新开始。
Pò chǎn yǐhòu tā chóngxīn kāishǐ.
After going bankrupt he started again.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破产
他不小心割 破 了手指。
Tā bù xiǎoxīn gē pò le shǒuzhǐ.
He accidentally cut his finger.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 割
一声巨响打 破 了寂静。
Yì shēng jùxiǎng dǎpò le jìjìng.
A loud crash broke the silence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寂静
过度开采会 破 坏环境。
Guòdù kāicǎi huì pòhuài huánjìng.
Over-extraction damages the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开采
这次可以 破 一次例外。
Zhè cì kěyǐ pò yí cì lìwài.
An exception can be made this once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 例外
这次 破 例，下不为例。
Zhè cì pòlì, xià bù wéi lì.
An exception this time, but not again.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 破例
研究终于取得了突 破 。
Yánjiū zhōngyú qǔdé le tūpò.
The research has finally made a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 突破
他们识 破 了这个阴谋。
Tāmen shípò le zhège yīnmóu.
They saw through this plot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阴谋
他摔了一跤，膝盖 破 了。
Tā shuāi le yì jiāo, xīgài pò le.
He fell over and grazed his knee.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 膝盖
这位侦探 破 了不少大案。
Zhè wèi zhēntàn pò le bù shǎo dà àn.
This detective has solved quite a few major cases.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 侦探
只有肯钻研才能有突 破 。
Zhǐyǒu kěn zuānyán cái néng yǒu tūpò.
Only by digging deep can one achieve a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻研
这件事 破 坏了他们的关系。
Zhè jiàn shì pòhuài le tāmen de guānxi.
This ruined their relationship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
打 破 惯例需要很大的勇气。
Dǎpò guànlì xūyào hěn dà de yǒngqì.
Breaking with convention takes considerable courage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惯例
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From the graded readers
照片已经发黄了，边上还有一点 破 。
zhàopiàn yǐjīng fā huáng le / liǎo / liào, biān shàng háiyǒu yīdiǎn pò.
It had yellowed, and the edge was slightly torn.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我的手被地上的小石头划 破 了，很疼。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒu bèi dìshàng de / dì xiǎo shítou huà / huá pò le / liǎo / liào, hěn téng.
My hands were scraped by the small stones on the ground and it hurt.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
From the travel phrasebook
包装 破 损了。
Bāozhuāng pòsǔn le.
The packaging is damaged.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
破 appears in 29 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 破
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 破
How is 破 used in a sentence?
This page shows 29 sentences using 破 (pò, "Break (destroy - worn out - spend - expose - defeat)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 破 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 破 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 破 an HSK word?
Yes — 破 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 破?
The dictionary page for 破 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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