Chinese word

拆

Pronunciation

Pinyinchāi

Meaning

  • verbopen

Example

请不要拆我的包裹。qǐng bú yào chāi wǒ de bāo guǒ

Please do not open my package.

Illustration for 拆 (open)

More examples

他把快递拆开检查有没有破损。tā bǎ kuài dì chāi kāi jiǎn chá yǒu méi yǒu pò sǔn

He opened the package to check whether it was damaged.

Core concept

A connected whole is opened by separating its joined parts, exposing the inside or leaving the parts apart.

Common phrases

  • 拆包裹chāi bāo guǒ

    open a package

  • 拆信封chāi xìn fēng

    open an envelope

  • 拆包装chāi bāo zhuāng

    open packaging

Similar words

打开dǎ kāi: Opening something closed or switching on a device for easy use.
拆开chāi kāi: Pulling apart a connected whole so that its parts become separate.
拆除chāi chú: Dismantling and clearing away an unwanted structure or facility.
拆卸chāi xiè: Disassembling a device or structure by removing its parts step by step.

Definition in Chinese

把粘合处、接合处或连接部位分开，使各部分分离或露出内部，指开封、拆解或拆卸的动作或过程。bǎ zhān hé chù jiē hé chù huò lián jiē bù wèi fēn kāi shǐ gè bù fèn fēn lí huò lù chū nèi bù zhǐ kāi fēng chāi jiě huò chāi xiè de dòng zuò huò guò chéng

Word origin

拆 (chāi, "to take apart") combines 扌 (shǒu, "hand"), which marks a hand action, with 斥 (chì, "reject"), which mainly supplies the sound, fitting the idea of separating what is joined.

Usage tips

  • English speakers can use this verb for a parcel, furniture, or a building because the focus is on undoing its closure or construction, not simply looking inside.

Other meanings

  • tear downverb
  • take apartverb

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