破旧 meaning in English

pòjiù

shabby

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 破舊15 strokes

Meaning of 破旧

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pòjiù
  1. shabby

破旧 in example sentences

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

房fáng间jiān除chú了le一yī张zhāng破pò旧jiù的de床chuáng以yǐ外wài,就jiù甚shén么me也yě没méi有yǒu了le。
The room was empty except for a shabby bed.
她tā的de衣yī服fú破pò旧jiù不bù堪kān。
Her clothes are worn out.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

破 pò · broken · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

旧 jiù · old · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 破旧.

破坏pòhuàidestruction; damage
打破dǎpòto break; to smash
破产pòchǎnto go bankrupt; to become impoverished
突破tūpòto break through; to make a breakthrough
依旧yījiùas before; still; to remain the same
仍旧réngjiùstill (remaining); to remain (the same)
破解pòjiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
破碎pòsuìto smash to pieces; to shatter
破裂pòlièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
破案pò'ànto solve a criminal case
破灭pòmièto be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
怀旧huáijiùto feel nostalgic; nostalgia

Questions about 破旧

What does 破旧 mean?

破旧 (pòjiù) means "shabby" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 破旧?

破旧 is made of 2 characters: 破 (10 strokes), 旧 (5 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 破旧 an HSK word?

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

How is 破旧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 破旧 is written 破舊.