| 粉碎HSK 6 | fěn suì | to crush; to smash; to shatter | |
| 破碎HSK 5 | pò suì | to smash to pieces; to shatter | |
| 碎片HSK 5 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter | |
| 琐碎 | suǒ suì | trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential | |
| 零碎HSK 5 | líng suì | scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends |
| 1 | The bottom of the glass broke. | |
| 2 | His pencil accidentally knocked over my glass. | |
| 3 | The battlefield was littered with debris and the smell of gunpowder hung heavy in the air. | |
| 4 | The cleaning crew swept the room thoroughly to remove all the dust and debris. | |
| 5 | Those broken pieces of glass have become part of his newest collage art collection. |