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Jyutping caak3 wai2
Pinyin chāi huǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to demolish; to tear down
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to demolish; to dismantle; to pull down; to raze
    (syn.) 拆
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们以前住的房子被拆毁了。
    我們以前住的房子被拆毀了。
    wǒ men yǐ qián zhù de fáng zi bèi chāi huǐ le 。
    • The house in which we lived was torn down.
  2. Mandarin
    二十世纪中以后,北京胡同的数量显著地下降,因为人们把它们拆毁以便给新的楼房和街路让路。
    二十世紀中以後,北京胡同的數量顯著地下降,因為人們把它們拆毀以便給新的樓房和街路讓路。
    èr shí shì jì zhōng yǐ hòu , běi jīng hú tòng de shù liàng xiǎn zhù dì xià jiàng , yīn wèi rén men bǎ tā men chāi huǐ yǐ biàn gěi xīn de lóu fáng hé jiē lù ràng lù 。
    • Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.