Meaning
to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chai” becomes a different word in each tone. 拆 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 拆除chāi chúto tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
- 拆迁chāi qiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
- 拆下chāi xiàto dismantle; to take apart
- 拆用chāi yòngto tear down and reuse; to cannibalize
- 拆家chāi jiā(slang) low-level drug dealer; (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)
Example Sentence
工人们正在拆这座旧房子。Gōng rén men zhèng zài chāi zhè zuò jiù fáng zi.The workers are demolishing this old house.
工人Gōng rénworker们men(plural marker)正zhèngfirst month of the lunar y在zàiat拆chāito tear open这zhèthis座zuòseat旧jiùold房子fáng zihouse。