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HSK 3 · Start & Finish

打破

dǎ pò

to break

Stroke order of 打破

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

打 · 5 strokes破 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

A hand (扌) hitting a stone (石 in 破) smashes it: to break.

Parts: 打 hit (扌hand + 丁); 破 石 stone + 皮 skin

The characters in 打破

  • 打 dǎ — to hit; to play (a sport) (5 strokes)
  • 破 pò — broken; to break (10 strokes)

Example sentence

他打破了杯子。

He broke the cup.

Words with 打

打电话to make a phone call打车to take a taxi打开to open; to turn on打球to play ball打to hit; to play (a sport)打印to print打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time打算to plan; plan打篮球to play basketball打听to ask about打扫to clean; to sweep

Words with 破

破broken; to break破坏to destroy; damage

More words: Start & Finish

开始to start; beginning结束to end; to finish停止to stop断to break; to cut off取消to cancel初beginning; first初步initial; preliminary终于finally总结to sum up; summary成功success; to succeed成果result; achievement成就achievement达到to reach; to achieve后果consequence效果effect; result

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