| 拆 | 66A35 10A.22-9 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄔㄜˋ [che4] (sp. pr. *ㄔㄜˋ [che4] or ㄔㄞ [chai1] both allowable). | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) (*[che4]) To tear apart, break up: 拆信，拆封 open letter, envelope; 拆開來看 open (letter, package) and see; 拆裂 split up. (2) (*[chai1]) To break up, tear down, wreck (house): 拆房子 tear down house; 拆臺 [che4tai2]↓; 拆平 to level (building); 拆毀 [che4hui3];↓ (3) ([che4]) To break up and analyze, dissect: 拆字，拆辯 [che4zi4], [che4bian4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 拆白黨 [chai1bai2dang3] ([che4berdang3]), n., gang of swindlers, oft. practising confidence game: 女拆白 woman swindler. 2. 拆辯 *[che4bian4], v.i., (MC) to argue law case. 3. 拆穿 *[chai1chuan1], v.t., reveal (secret, motive): 拆穿西洋景 (鏡) destroy illusory setup, expose trickery. 4. 拆毀 *[che4hui3], v.t., to destroy, tear down (bridge, etc.), dismantle (house). 5. 拆貨 *[chai1huo4], v.i., deal in the business of wrecking (houses, etc.) and selling broden-up timber, tiles, etc. 6. 拆開 *[che4kai1], v.t., break open (letter); take things apart to study. 7. 拆爛污 *[chai1lan4wu1], v.i., to do things lousily and leave a mess. 8. 拆票 *[chai1piao4], v.i., formerly, settle transfer of accounts between local banks morning and noon. 9. 拆散 *[che4san3], v.t., break up (family, mother and son). 10. 拆梢 *[chai1shao1], v.i., (Shanghai dial.) to swindle. 11. 拆洗 [chai1xi3], v.t., take off and wash (bed sheets, etc.). 12. 拆息 *[chai1xi2], v.i. & n., (pay) daily interest on loan. 13. 拆臺 *[chai1tai2], v.i., (lit.) tear down stage－to expose or otherwise do harm to a program: 別拆我的臺 do not undermine what I am doing. 14. 拆字 *[che4zi4], v.i., (fortune telling) dissect components of character to give an esoteric meaning. | |||||