劈开

劈開

pīkāi

verb #30,960

Meanings

1 to cleave; split open
2 to chop apart
3 to spread (legs, fingers) wide apart

Characters

to chop; cleave

Examples

HSK 6

闪电仿佛把天空劈开。

Shǎndiàn fǎngfú bǎ tiānkōng pīkāi.

The lightning seemed to split the sky open.

HSK 7-9

他用斧头把木头劈开。

Tā yòng fǔtou bǎ mùtou pīkāi.

He split the wood open with an axe.

Tips

usage

Resultative verb: 劈 ("to chop / cleave") + 开 ("apart"). The 开 result-complement signals the thing being split is now in two pieces. Frequently appears in the 把-construction: 把X劈开。

Stroke Order

劈 pī

开 kāi