Chinese Word: 撕 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

撕HSK 5

Pinyin: sī

English Definition: to tear

Chinese Definition:
①用手把东西扯裂：撕开。撕破。撕碎。撕扯。撕毁。撕票(绑票的匪徒因勒索金钱的要求没得到满足而把掳去的人杀死)。撕心裂肺(形容极度悲伤)。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:斯 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 斯 [ sī ] this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Similar Characters: 嘶厮澌

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撕扯	sī chě	to tear apart
撕毁	sī huǐ	to tear up; to rip up; too shred
撕破脸HSK 5	sī pò liǎn	to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each other
撕票HSK 5	sī piào	lit. to tear the ticket; to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
撕心裂肺	sī xīn liè fèi	extreme grief (idiom)

1		tā 她 bǎ 把 yí kuài 一块 bù 布 sī chéng 撕成 liǎng kuài 两块。 She ripped a piece of cloth in two.
2		zhè xiē 这些 shù yè 树叶 yǐ jīng 已经 hěn 很 gān 干 le 了， wǒ 我 yìng shēng shēng 硬生生 de 地 sī xià 撕下 le 了 yī piàn 一片。 These leaves are already dry, but I forcibly tore off one.
3		tā 他 kàn dào 看到 zhè 这 fēng xìn 封信 shì 是 cóng 从 wǒ 我 fā chū 发出 de 的， biàn 便 jué dìng 决定 bú zài 不再 yuè dú 阅读， zhí jiē 直接 sī diào 撕掉 le 了。 He saw that the letter came from me and decided not to read it, he just tore it up.