嚼碎

jiáosuì

verb

Meanings

1 to chew into pieces
2 to grind up with the teeth

Characters

broken / in pieces

Examples

HSK 6

把药片嚼碎再吞下去。

Bǎ yàopiàn jiáosuì zài tūn xiàqù.

Chew the pill up before swallowing.

HSK 6

狗把骨头嚼碎了。

Gǒu bǎ gǔtou jiáosuì le.

The dog crunched the bone to pieces.

Tips

grammar

Resultative compound: 嚼 'chew' + 碎 'broken into pieces' = 'chew INTO pieces'. Pattern 动词+碎 (e.g. 打碎, 撕碎) signals reducing something to fragments.

Stroke Order

嚼 jiáo

碎 suì