拆毁 meaning in English

chāihuǐ

to demolish; to tear down

Traditional 拆毀21 strokes

Meaning of 拆毁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chāihuǐ
  1. to demolish; to tear down

拆毁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men以yǐ前qián住zhù的de房fáng子zi被bèi拆chāi毁huǐ了le。
The house in which we lived was torn down.

Stroke order for each character

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拆 chāi · to tear open · 8 strokes

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毁 huǐ · to destroy · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 拆毁.

拆除chāichúto tear down; to demolish
拆迁chāiqiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
摧毁cuīhuǐto destroy; to wreck
毁灭huǐmièto perish; to ruin
烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
销毁xiāohuǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
毁坏huǐhuàito damage; to devastate
毁掉huǐdiàoto destroy
坠毁zhuìhuǐ(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
炸毁zhàhuǐto blow up; to destroy with explosives
拆散chāisànto break up (a marriage, family etc)
拆开chāikāito dismantle; to disassemble

Questions about 拆毁

What does 拆毁 mean?

拆毁 (chāihuǐ) means "to demolish; to tear down".

How do you write 拆毁?

拆毁 is made of 2 characters: 拆 (8 strokes), 毁 (13 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

How is 拆毁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 拆毁 is written 拆毀.