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

他用斧头把木头劈开。

Tā yòng fǔtou bǎ mùtou pīkāi.

He split the wood open with an axe.

闪电仿佛把天空劈开。

Shǎndiàn fǎngfú bǎ tiānkōng pīkāi.

The lightning seemed to split the sky open.

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