HSK 6 · Verbs

脱离 tuōlí “to break away from” in Chinese

Traditional 脫離

What 脱离 means

  1. to break away from
  2. to be separated from
  3. to separate oneself from
  4. diastasis (medicine)
  5. abscission
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • abjunction (botany)

How to say 脱离

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale脱tuō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale离lí2nd tone, rising

脱离 in a sentence

  1. 他就是那样脱离危险的。

    Tā jiùshì nàyàng tuōlí wēixiǎn de.

    That’s how he got out of danger.

    Sentence #335508 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那些年轻人脱离父母独立。

    Nàxiē niánqīngrén tuōlí fùmǔ dúlì.

    Those young people have become independent of their parents.

    Sentence #772074 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我有什么办法可以脱离我的自卑情结吗？

    Wǒ yǒu shénme bànfǎ kěyǐ tuōlí wǒ de zìbēi qíngjié ma?

    Is there any way I can get rid of my inferiority complex?

    Sentence #10472676 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 脱离 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 脱 (tuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
脱tuōto shed
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 兑cash · duìSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 兑 (duì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuō.

The character 离 (lí) with each of its parts in a different colour
离líto leave
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 凶culprit · xiōng
  • 禸track · róu

How to write 脱离

脱 11 strokes · 离 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

脱离 (tuōlí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 脱离 (tuōlí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 脱离

Words with 脱

脱tuō · to shed摆脱bǎituō · to break free from

Words with 离

离lí · away from离开líkāi · leave距离jùlí · distance离婚líhūn · to divorce隔离gélí · to isolate

More words: Common Verbs

挑衅tiǎoxìn · to provoke停顿tíngdùn · to pause推翻tuīfān · to overthrow涂抹túmǒ · to smear拖延tuōyán · to delay瓦解wǎjiě · to collapse挖掘wājué · to dig完毕wánbì · to finish

FAQs

脱离 (tuōlí) means “to break away from” or “to be separated from”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuōlí: tuō with a 1st tone, then lí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 脱离 is written 脫離. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuoli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 脱离 from the suggestions. Typing tuoli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
脱离 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.