Chinese Traditional: 破
Chinese Simplified: 破
Pinyin: po4
Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ
English Meaning: 1. to break, split or cleave 2. broken, damaged, worn out 3. lousy, rotten 4. to get rid of 5. to destroy 6. to break with 7. to defeat, to capture (a city etc) 8. to expose the truth of

Example Sentences:

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我的襪子破了一個洞，明天我得買雙新的！
我的袜子破了一个洞，明天我得买双新的！
wo3 de5 wa4 zi5 po4 le5 yi2 ge5 dong4, ming2 tian1 wo3 dei3 mai3 shuang1 xin1 de5!
There is a hole in my sock, tomorrow I'll need to buy a new pair!
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她羊水破了，然後沒多久就生了。
她羊水破了，然后没多久就生了。
ta1 yang2 shui3 po4 le5, ran2 hou4 mei2 duo1 jiu3 jiu4 sheng1 le5.
Her water broke and soon afterwards she gave birth.
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他破了世界紀錄。
他破了世界纪录。
ta1 po4 le5 shi4 jie4 ji4 lu4.
He broke the world record.
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