Chinese symbol for “dismantle”
拆开
chāi kāi
Traditional: 拆開
to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dismantle is 拆开 (chāi kāi), defined as: to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dismantle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拆卸 | chāi xiè | to dismantle; to take apart |
| 拆除 | chāi chú | to tear down; to demolish |
| 撤除 | chè chú | to remove; to dismantle |
| 拆下 | chāi xià | to dismantle; to take apart |
| 打掉 | dǎ diào | to tear down; to destroy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拆开.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拆除 | chāi chú | to tear down; to demolish |
| 拆迁 (拆遷) | chāi qiān | to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants |
| 拆解 | chāi jiě | to disassemble |
| 拆毁 (拆毀) | chāi huǐ | to demolish; to tear down |
| 拆卸 | chāi xiè | to dismantle; to take apart |
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dismantle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.