嚼碎

jiáosuì

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

broken / in pieces

Examples

把药片嚼碎再吞下去。

Bǎ yàopiàn jiáosuì zài tūn xiàqù.

Chew the pill up before swallowing.

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