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拆 (caak3) — tear open; take apart; undo in Cantonese

caak˗₃拆
Mandarin Pinyin: chai1

Meaning of 拆

nountear open; take apart; undo
nounpull down; dismantle; demolish
noun(verb) (of cargo) 1. unload (the goods in containers); (slang) to solve (problem, etc.)

Example Sentences with 拆

收聲啦, 嘈到拆樓咁!
Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!
caakˉ¹拆zoˊ²咗go˗₃個biuˉ¹標lip˗₃籤
Tear off the label.
lauˎ₄樓jyuˊ²宇caamˊ²慘zouˉ¹遭caak˗₃拆haai6.卸。
The building was sadly demolished.
seiˊ²死louˏ₅老je5,嘢，cou˗₃嘈dou˗₃到caak˗₃拆tin1!天！
Damn old fogey, so noisy!
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好lyunˍ₆亂caak˗₃拆ukˉ¹屋。
Don't tear down the house randomly.
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Words Containing 拆

拆遷caak3 cin1
to tear away (land from its owners)
嘈到拆樓cou4 dou3 caak3 lau2
to be very noisy
拆息caak3 sik1
daily interest rate on loans or deposits
拆檔caak3 dong3
to dissolve partnerships
見招拆招gin3 ziu1 caak3 ziu3
to deal with an opponents moves one by one with counter moves
拆解caak3 gaai2
to solve
拆斷caak3 tyun5
break off, break away by using force
拆招牌caak3 ziu1 paai4
to ruin a business owner's reputation by complaining (lit., "split the signboard")
爛船拆埋都有三斤釘laan6 syun4 caak3 maai4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1
a rich and influential man at his lowest is still better off than the poor (lit., "a broken ship still has three catties worth of nails")
拆散caak3 saan2
to break up (a marriage, family, etc.)
拆棚做過caak3 paang4 zou6 gwo3
to restart; to start over; to start from zero
拆棚caak3 paang4
scaffold dismantling

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