破碎 meaning in English

pòsuì

to smash to pieces; to shatter

HSK 7-9verb23 strokes

Meaning of 破碎

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pòsuì
  1. to smash to pieces
  2. to shatter

破碎 in example sentences

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

蛋dàn壳ké容róng易yì破pò碎suì。
The shell of an egg is easily broken.
虽suī然rán虚xū伪wěi、苦kǔ痛tòng还hái有yǒu破pò碎suì的de梦mèng伴bàn随suí着zhe我wǒ,但dàn这zhè仍réng然rán是shì一yí个gè美měi丽lì的de世shì界jiè。
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world.

Stroke order for each character

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破 pò · broken · 10 strokes

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碎 suì · to break into pieces · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 破碎.

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
破解pòjiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
粉碎fěnsuìto crush; to smash; 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)
破旧pòjiùshabby
突破口tūpòkǒubreach; gap
破除pòchúto eliminate; to do away with

Questions about 破碎

What does 破碎 mean?

破碎 (pòsuì) means "to smash to pieces; to shatter" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 破碎?

破碎 is made of 2 characters: 破 (10 strokes), 碎 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 破碎 an HSK word?

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