撕 meaning in English

sī

to tear

HSK 7-9verb15 strokes

Meaning of 撕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sī
  1. to tear

撕 in example sentences

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

那nà个ge女nǚ孩hái把bǎ布bù撕sī了le。
The girl tore the cloth.
玛mǎ丽lì把bǎ报bào纸zhǐ撕sī碎suì了le。
Mary tore up the newspaper.
汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ这zhè一yī页yè撕sī掉diào了le。
Tom ripped out the page.
我wǒ把bǎ报bào纸zhǐ撕sī烂làn了le。
I ripped up the newspaper.
汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ信xìn撕sī碎suì了le。
Tom ripped up the letter.

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撕 sī · to tear · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 撕.

撕裂sīlièto tear; to rip apart
撕碎sīsuìto tear to shreds
撕掉sīdiàoto tear out (and throw away); to rip away
撕破sīpòto tear; to rip
撕毁sīhuǐto tear up; to rip up
撕烂sīlànto tear up; to tear to pieces

Questions about 撕

What does 撕 mean?

撕 (sī) means "to tear" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 撕?

撕 is made of 1 character: 撕 (15 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 撕 an HSK word?

Yes. 撕 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.