HSK 6 · Body

解剖 jiěpōu “to dissect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 解剖 means

  1. to dissect
  2. anatomy
  3. to analyse
  4. to dissect (an animal)

How to say 解剖

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale剖pōu1st tone, high and level

解剖 in a sentence

  1. 丹甚至没有上过基础解剖课。

    Dān shènzhì méiyǒu shàngguo jīchǔ jiěpōu kè.

    Dan never even took a basic anatomy class.

    Sentence #5685915 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她为了完成生物学作业，研究了蝙蝠的解剖构造。

    Tā wèile wánchéng shēngwùxué zuòyè, yánjiū le biānfú de jiěpōu gòuzào.

    She studied the anatomy of bats for her biology assignment.

    Sentence #13929206 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 解剖 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

The character 剖 (pōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
剖pōuto cut open
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with pōu.

How to write 解剖

解 13 strokes · 剖 10 strokes

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

Words related to 解剖

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate

More words: People, Body & Health

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FAQs

解剖 (jiěpōu) means “to dissect” or “anatomy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiěpōu: jiě with a 3rd tone, then pōu with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 解剖 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiepou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 解剖 from the suggestions. Typing jiepou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
解剖 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.