突破
Old HSK 6
突破 (tūpò) · to break through
突破 (tūpò) means “to break through; breakthrough”. It is written with 2 characters: 突 (sudden) + 破 (broken). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 突破 is built
The characters
突 tū · sudden
What 突 is made of
- 穴xué — cave
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
- 犬quǎn — dog
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 丶 — dot
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: A dog 犬 rushing out of a cave 穴 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
破 pò · broken
What 破 is made of
- 石shí — stone
- 厂chǎng — "cliff" in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 皮pí — skin
- 攴pū — to rap
Origin hint: 石 gives the meaning, 皮 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
科学家取得了重大突破。Kēxuéjiā qǔdé le zhòngdà tūpò.Scientists have made a major breakthrough.
他突破了自己的最好成绩。Tā tūpò le zìjǐ de zuìhǎo chéngjì.He beat his own personal best.
Questions about 突破
What does 突破 mean?
突破 (tūpò) means “to break through; breakthrough”.
How do you pronounce 突破?
突破 is pronounced tūpò.
Which HSK level is 突破?
突破 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 突出tūchūoutstanding
- 突然tūránsuddenly
- 冲突chōngtūconflict
- 打破dǎpòto break
- 破坏pòhuàito damage
- 破产pòchǎnto go bankrupt
- 破例pòlìto make an exception
- 破pòbroken
Learn 突破 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 182: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.