BREAK    折斷

DESTROY BY CAUSING SOMETHING NOT TO BE STRAIGHT AND WHOLE.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria

Words (3 items)

折  zhé MC: tsyet OC: kljed 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabmiddle voicebreaking (of an axle etc)CH
  • vtoNbreak; break to pieces (a bow etc.)CH
  • vtoNmiddle voiceget brokenCH
破  pò MC: phaH OC: phaals 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nab.(post-N)the breaking of the contextually determinate NCH
  • vtoNbreak (a piece of jade)CH
撥  bō MC: pat OC: pood 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNto breakLZ