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拆卸 (chāi xiè) — to dismantle, to disassemble

Definition

verb
to dismantleto disassemble

Examples

  • 拆卸。
    Gōng rén zhèng zài chāi xiè nà tái jiù jī qì.
    Workers are dismantling that old machine.
  • 拆卸。
    Bān jiā qián bì xū xiān bǎ shū jià chāi xiè zài bān yùn.
    You must dismantle the bookshelf before moving it.
  • 拆卸，。
    Zhè tái shè bèi hěn róng yì chāi xiè, zhī xū yào yì bǎ luó sī dāo.
    This device is easy to disassemble; you only need a screwdriver.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

拆chāitake apart
卸xièdetach

拆 and 卸 both mean taking apart or detaching, together giving 'dismantle'.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
斥
斥chì拆chāi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拆 uses 手 to show an action done by hand, with 斥 giving the sound. In an earlier related form, the hand part replaced an earth part to stress the action by hand.

Open 拆 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 卸 →
Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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