走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 打断 打斷 dǎ duàn to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) syn 丢掉 丟掉 diū diào to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away syn 突破 tū pò to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 消磨 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away syn 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 午休 wǔ xiū noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap 突围 突圍 tū wéi to break a siege / to break out of an enclosure syn 决裂 決裂 jué liè to rupture / to burst open / to break / to break off relations with / a rupture 驶离 駛離 shǐ lí to steer (the plane) away from / to drive away (from a place) / to leave 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 绝交 絕交 jué jiāo to break off relations / to break with sb syn 锲而不舍 鍥而不捨 qiè ér bù shě to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom) / to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts syn 破土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project syn 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn 撕掉 sī diào to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away 跑 pǎo to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) syn 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 祛 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove syn 溃 潰 kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 发生 發生 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out syn 马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 消失 xiāo shī to disappear / to fade away syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 破坏 破壞 pò huài destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy syn 带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry / to take away syn 分手 fēn shǒu to part company / to split up / to break up syn 拿走 ná zǒu to take away syn 去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn 逃跑 táo pǎo to flee from sth / to run away / to escape syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 击 擊 jī to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2] syn 解 jiě to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection syn 滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn 远离 遠離 yuǎn lí to be far from / to keep away from syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 逃走 táo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away syn 即便 jí biàn even if / even though / right away / immediately syn 打破 dǎ pò to break / to smash syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away / to escape syn 爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn 扔掉 rēng diào to throw away / to throw out syn 放屁 fàng pì to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish! syn 违法 違法 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law syn 发作 發作 fā zuò to flare up / to break out syn 清除 qīng chú to clear away / to eliminate / to get rid of syn 骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn 避开 避開 bì kāi to avoid / to evade / to keep away from syn 分裂 fēn liè to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism syn 过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away syn 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large 脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage syn 越狱 越獄 yuè yù to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc) 唠叨 嘮叨 láo dao to prattle / to chatter away / to nag / garrulous / nagging syn 打碎 dǎ suì to shatter / to smash / to break into pieces syn 犯规 犯規 fàn guī to break the rules / an illegality / a foul syn 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law syn 分成 fēn chéng to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment syn 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 瘫痪 癱瘓 tān huàn (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill syn 外出 wài chū to go out / to go away (on a trip etc) syn 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 中止 zhōng zhǐ to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue syn 得逞 dé chěng to prevail / to have one's way / to get away with it syn 放过 放過 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 逃逸 táo yì to escape / to run away / to abscond syn 无所事事 無所事事 wú suǒ shì shì to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom) syn 破解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software) 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 逝去 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise 分解 fēn jiě to resolve / to decompose / to break down syn 断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever / to break off syn 消逝 xiāo shì to fade away syn 折断 折斷 zhé duàn to snap sth off / to break syn 推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn 消遣 xiāo qiǎn to while the time away / amusement / pastime / recreation / to make sport of syn 远方 遠方 yuǎn fāng far away / a distant location syn 铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn 食言 shí yán to break one's promise syn 春假 chūn jià spring break 