破

pò

verb HSK 3 #1,052

Meanings

Contains 石 (stone) + 皮 (skin) — stone breaking through skin, something being broken.

Bēizi pò le.

The cup is broken.

Zhè shuāng xié yǐjīng chuān pò le.

These shoes have been worn through.

Xiǎotōu pò mén ér rù.

The thief broke in through the door.

usage

破 can be a result complement: 打破 (dǎpò, break by hitting), 撕破 (sīpò, tear apart), 穿破 (chuānpò, wear through).

grammar

破 as an adjective means 'crappy/lousy' in colloquial speech: 这破手机 'this lousy phone.'

破 pò