| 拆 | [ chaī ] to tear open, to tear down, to tear apart, to open |
| 拆下 | [ chaī xià ] to dismantle, to take apart |
| 拆借 | [ chaī jiè ] short-term loan |
| 拆分 | [ chaī fēn ] to break up into parts |
| 拆卸 | [ chaī xiè ] to unload, to dismantle |
| 拆字 | [ chaī zì ] fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters |
| 拆息 | [ chaī xī ] daily interest on a loan |
| 拆放款 | [ chaī fàng kuǎn ] funds on call, invested sum that can be cashed |
| 拆散 | [ chaī sàn ] to break up (a marriage, family etc) |
| 拆東牆補西牆 | [ chaī dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng ] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient, rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 拆東補西 | [ chaī dōng bǔ xī ] lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient, Rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 拆機 | [ chaī jī ] to dismantle a machine, to terminate a telephone service |
| 拆毀 | [ chaī huǐ ] to dismantle, to demolish |
| 拆洗 | [ chaī xǐ ] to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment) |
| 拆用 | [ chaī yòng ] to tear down and reuse, to cannibalize |
| 拆穿 | [ chaī chuān ] to expose, to unmask, to see through (a lie etc) |
| 拆線 | [ chaī xiàn ] to remove stitches (from a wound) |
| 拆臺 | [ chaī taí ] (theater) to dismantle the stage, (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet, to undermine sb's plans |
| 拆解 | [ chaī jiě ] to disassemble |
| 拆賬 | [ chaī zhàng ] to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits |
| 拆遷 | [ chaī qiān ] to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants |
| 拆開 | [ chaī kaī ] to dismantle, to disassemble, to open up (sth sealed), to unpick |
| 拆除 | [ chaī chú ] to tear down, to demolish, to dismantle, to remove |
| ⇒ 人艱不拆 | [ rén jiān bù chaī ] life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang) |
| ⇒ 分拆 | [ fèn chaī ] to separate off, to hive off, a demerger |
| ⇒ 同業拆借 | [ tóng yè chaī jiè ] call loan, short-term loan within banking |
| ⇒ 寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚 | [ níng chaī shí zuò bù huì yī zhuāng hūn ] rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) |
| ⇒ 托里拆利 | [ tuō lǐ chaī lì ] Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo |
| ⇒ 擋拆 | [ dǎng chaī ] pick and roll (basketball), screen and roll |
| ⇒ 清拆 | [ qīng chaī ] demolition (of buildings for new project) |
| ⇒ 清拆戶 | [ qīng chaī hù ] demolition of homes, to destroy homes (for new building projects) |
| ⇒ 見招拆招 | [ jiān zhaō chaī zhaō ] to counter every move, to be full of tricks |
| ⇒ 過河拆橋 | [ guò hé chaī ] lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom), fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal |