Chinese Word: 坼 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

坼

Pinyin: chè

English Definition: to crack; to split; to break; to chap

Chinese Definition:
①裂开：干坼。坼裂。天旱地坼。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic:斥 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
- 斥 [ chì ] to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach

Similar Characters: 圻

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natural disasters; political or social upheavals (idiom)

1		tiān 天 hàn de 旱地 chè 坼。 The ground cracked after a long drought.
2		xiàn 现 gōng chǎng 工厂 zuò luò 座落 zài 在 wú jiāng shì 吴江市 bā 八 chè 坼 mín yíng 民营 kāi fā qū 开发区 nán 南 liú lù 刘路。 It is now located on Nanliu Road, Bache Private Enterprises Development Zone, Wujiang City.
3		qí 其 jià gé 价格 zhí xiàn 直线 xiàng shàng 向上 biāo shēng 飙升， ér 而 dāng dài 当代 yì shù pǐn 艺术品 yě 也 chōng 冲 chè 坼 zhe 着 zuì jìn 最近 de 的 shì chǎng 市场， chéng wéi 成为 yì zhǒng 一种 xīn de 新的 zhuàn qián 赚钱 fāng shì 方式。 As the Indian economy has galloped forward, art galleries have mushroomed, prices have skyrocketed and contemporary art has become the latest marker of affluence among the newly minted rich.