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Jyutping caak3 hoi1
Pinyin chāi kāi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to dismantle
  2. to disassemble
  3. to open up (sth sealed)
  4. to unpick
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to take apart; to dismantle
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我喜欢把东西拆开,看看里面的结构。
    我喜歡把東西拆開,看看裏面的結構。
    wǒ xǐ huan bǎ dōng xī chāi kāi , kàn kan lǐ miàn de jié gòu 。
    • I like to take things apart to see what makes them tick.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆把钟拆开了。
    湯姆把鍾拆開了。
    tāng mǔ bǎ zhōng chāi kāi le 。
    • Tom disassembled the clock.
    • Tom took the clock apart.
    • Tom took the watch apart.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    拆开份礼物,睇吓里面有啲乜嘢。
    拆開份禮物,睇吓裏面有啲乜嘢。
    caak3 hoi1 fan6 lai5 mat6, tai2 haa5 leoi5 min6 jau5 di1 mat1 je5.
    • Open the gift to see what is inside.
  2. Cantonese
    呢份礼物包装精美,我唔舍得拆开佢呀!
    呢份禮物包裝精美,我唔捨得拆開佢呀!
    ni1 fan6 lai5 mat6 baau1 zong1 zing1 mei5, ngo5 m4 se2 dak1 caak3 hoi1 keoi5 aa3!
    • This gift is finely packaged. I really don't want to unwrap it!
  3. Cantonese
    我拆开咗个手提电话睇下有咩问题。
    我拆開咗個手提電話睇下有咩問題。
    ngo5 caak3 hoi1 zo2 go3 sau2 tai4 din6 waa2 tai2 haa5 jau5 mou5 man6 tai4.
    • I took my mobile phone apart to see what was wrong with it.