The house in which we lived was torn down.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
拆毁
to demolish; to tear down
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to demolish; to tear down
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 拆毁 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 拆毁 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 拆毁.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 拆毁.
Directly before
- 被拆毁1
- 它们拆毁1
- 地被拆毁1
Directly after
- 拆毁了1
- 拆毁以便1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 拆毁
What does 拆毁 mean in Chinese?
拆毁 (chāihuǐ) means to demolish; to tear down.
How do you pronounce 拆毁?
拆毁 is pronounced chāihuǐ.
Is 拆毁 an HSK word?
拆毁 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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