烈 liè — ardent; intense; split; crack; rend
太阳火辣辣的，阳光很强烈。Tài yáng huǒ là là de, yáng guāng hěn qiáng liè.The sun is scorching, and the sunlight is very intense.
Common words: 强烈 (qiáng liè)、热烈 (rè liè)、激烈 (jī liè)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "split"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "split", including 烈 (liè), 裂 (liè). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words, and examples.
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "split" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 烈 (liè), 裂 (liè) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading liè, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 烈 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 烈 lièardent; intense; split; crack; rendUseful words: 强烈, 热烈
- 裂 liècrack; splitUseful words: 分裂, 破裂
Common words for these 2 "split" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 烈 (liè) — so "split" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
强烈qiáng lièstrong; intense热烈rè lièenthusiastic; ardent; warm激烈jī liè(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide; to break up; fission破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down裂缝liè fèngcrack; crevice
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "split".
裂 liè — crack; split
天气太干，土地都裂开了。Tiān qì tài gān, tǔ dì dōu liè kāi le.The weather is so dry that the ground has cracked.
Common words: 分裂 (fēn liè)、破裂 (pò liè)、裂缝 (liè fèng)
All 2 characters
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