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The Cantonese word po - 破 - po3
(broken in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von poDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de poFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española depoEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

po3

English translations

broken, to break apart, to defeat, to lay bare,
not intact, to cleave

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 破 ( po3 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
破
The traditional Chinese characters of po3 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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破 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to destroy  |  to crack
破 ( po / po3 ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 569)
Example words containing the character 破 ( po / po3 )
daa2 po3 ( 打破 ), po3 waai6 ( 破坏 ), po3 zit3 hou6 ( 破折号 )
More words that mean broken in Cantonese
seoi3 ( 碎 )

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