in a sentence

Break (destroy - worn out - spend - expose - defeat)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 5 sentences

破 (pò) means Break (destroy - worn out - spend - expose - defeat). Below are 5 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

我的鞋 了。

Wǒ de xié pò le.

My shoes are worn through.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

杯子掉在地上摔 了。

Bēizi diào zài dì shàng shuāi pò le.

The cup fell on the floor and broke.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

From the graded readers

照片已经发黄了,边上还有一点

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 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 损了。

Bāozhuāng pòsǔn le.

The packaging is damaged.

Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims

Questions about 破

How is 破 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 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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