HSK 5 · Verbs

碎 suì “to shatter” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 碎 means

  1. to shatter
  2. to break into pieces
  3. broken
  4. (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces
  5. to crumble
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • fragmentary
  • scattered
  • garrulous

How to say 碎

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale碎suì4th tone, falling

碎 in a sentence

  1. 花盆碎了。

    Huāpén suì le.

    The flower pot is broken.

    Sentence #13549680 from Tatoeba

  2. 不要踩在碎玻璃上。

    Búyào cǎi zài suì bōli shàng.

    Don’t step on the broken glass.

    Sentence #844442 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 花瓶被打碎了。

    Huāpíng bèi dǎsuì le.

    The vase was shattered.

    Sentence #5113341 from Tatoeba

How 碎 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 碎 (suì) with each of its parts in a different colour
碎suìto break into pieces; to shatter
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 卒soldier · zúSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 卒 (zú) hints at the sound. Compare it with suì.

How to write 碎

碎 13 strokes

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

Words related to 碎

Words with 碎

粉碎fěnsuì · to smash

More words: Common Verbs

使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength属于shǔyú · to be classified as甩shuǎi · to throw撕sī · to tear缩短suōduǎn · to shorten逃táo · to escape逃避táobì · to escape提倡tíchàng · to promote

FAQs

碎 (suì) means “to shatter” or “to break into pieces”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it suì: suì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 碎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 碎 from the suggestions. Typing sui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
碎 is an HSK 5 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.