Chinese symbol for “rupture”
爆裂
bào liè
to rupture; to burst; to explode
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rupture is 爆裂 (bào liè), defined as: to rupture; to burst; to explode.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rupture”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 决裂 (決裂) | jué liè | to rupture; to burst open |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down |
| 崩裂 | bēng liè | to rupture; to burst open |
| 炸裂 | zhà liè | to burst; to explode; to rupture; (neologism) (slang) amazing; epic; phenomenal |
| 断裂 (斷裂) | duàn liè | fracture; rupture |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 爆裂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆发 (爆發) | bào fā | to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out |
| 爆炸 | bào zhà | explosion; to explode |
| 引爆 | yǐn bào | to ignite; to detonate |
| 火爆 | huǒ bào | fiery (temper); popular |
| 爆破 | bào pò | to blow up; to demolish (using explosives) |
| 爆料 | bào liào | to reveal inside or previously undisclosed information; revelation; leak; tip-off |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up; to divide |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rupture”.
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.