开裂

開裂

kāiliè

verb #33,538

Meanings

1 to split open
2 to crack
3 to fissure

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

这堵墙已经开裂了。

Zhè dǔ qiáng yǐjīng kāiliè le.

This wall has cracked.

HSK 7-9

天气干燥，嘴唇容易开裂。

Tiānqì gānzào, zuǐchún róngyì kāiliè.

When the weather is dry, lips crack easily.

Tips

usage

Used for anything that splits open under stress: skin, walls, wood, fruit pods. In botany, 开裂 describes how seed capsules burst to release seeds (dehiscence).

Stroke Order

开 kāi

裂 liè