| 破坏 | pò huài | destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy |   |
| 破解 | pò jiě | to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software) | |
| 刷新 | shuā xīn | to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) | |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break / to smash | |
| 打断 | dǎ duàn | to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) | |
| 爆出 | bào chū | to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) | |
| 骨折 | gǔ zhé | to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture | |
| 折断 | zhé duàn | to snap sth off / to break | |
| 断开 | duàn kāi | to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) | |
| 间断 | jiàn duàn | disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break | |
| 决裂 | jué liè | to rupture / to burst open / to break / to break off relations with / a rupture | |
| 弄坏 | nòng huài | to ruin / to spoil / to break | |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out | |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense | |
| 违法 | wéi fǎ | illegal / to break the law | |
| 分手 | fēn shǒu | to part company / to split up / to break up | |
| 开拓 | kāi tuò | to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) | |
| 爆发 | bào fā | to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out | |
| 摆脱 | bǎi tuō | to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself | |
| 脱离 | tuō lí | to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) | |
| 分页 | fēn yè | (computing) to insert a page break / to paginate / pagination / memory paging / tab (GUI element) | |
| 分成 | fēn chéng | to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment | |
| 分割 | fēn gē | to cut up / to break up | |
| 分解 | fēn jiě | to resolve / to decompose / to break down | |
| 中断 | zhōng duàn | to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt | |
| 发作 | fā zuò | to flare up / to break out | |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism | |
| 失恋 | shī liàn | to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted | |
| 停顿 | tíng dùn | to halt / to break off / pause (in speech) | |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down | |
| 细分 | xì fēn | to divide (into subgroups etc) / to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc) | |
| 违章 | wéi zhāng | to break the rules / to violate regulations | |
| 犯规 | fàn guī | to break the rules / an illegality / a foul | |
| 违约 | wéi yuē | to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract) | |
| 大关 | dà guān | strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs | |
| 瘫痪 | tān huàn | (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill | |
| 断裂 | duàn liè | fracture / rupture / to break apart | |
| 中止 | zhōng zhǐ | to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue | |
| 突围 | tū wéi | to break a siege / to break out of an enclosure | |
| 违纪 | wéi jì | lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle | |
| 破获 | pò huò | to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture | |
| 出水 | chū shuǐ | to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface | |
| 放屁 | fàng pì | to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish! | |
| 攻破 | gōng pò | to make a breakthrough / to break through / to breach (military) | |
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse / to disintegrate / to crumble / to disrupt / to break up | |
| 侦破 | zhēn pò | to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout | |
| 不息 | bù xī | continually / without a break / ceaselessly | |
| 断线 | duàn xiàn | (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off | |
| 冲入 | chōng rù | to rush into / to break into | |
| 断绝 | duàn jué | to sever / to break off | |
| 打碎 | dǎ suì | to shatter / to smash / to break into pieces | |
| 解体 | jiě tǐ | to break up into components / to disintegrate / to collapse / to crumble | |
| 暴发 | bào fā | to break out (of disease etc) / to suddenly get rich (or prominent) | |
| 磨合 | mó hé | to break in / to wear in | |
| 黄牛 | huáng niú | ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise | |
| 犯法 | fàn fǎ | to break the law | |
| 开打 | kāi dǎ | (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows | |
| 截断 | jié duàn | to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate | |
| 挤进 | jǐ jìn | to break into / to force one's way into / to barge into | |
| 吞吞吐吐 | tūn tūn tǔ tǔ | to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back | |
| 脱出 | tuō chū | to break away / to extricate / to escape / to leave the confines of | |
| 失信 | shī xìn | to break a promise | |
| 越狱 | yuè yù | to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc) | |
| 拔腿 | bá tuǐ | to break into a run | |
| 断肠 | duàn cháng | heartbroken / to break one's heart | |
| 绝迹 | jué jì | to be eradicated / to vanish / extinct / to break off relations | |
| 拆分 | chāi fēn | to break up into parts | |
| 午休 | wǔ xiū | noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap | |
| 拆散 | chāi sàn | to break up (a marriage, family etc) | |
| 失笑 | shī xiào | to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter | |
| 分列 | fēn liè | to divide into rows / to identify subcategories / to break down into constituent parts / breakdown / disaggregation | |
| 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 | |
| 休憩 | xiū qì | to rest / to relax / to take a break | |
| 破格 | pò gé | to break the rule / to make an exception | |
| 肢解 | zhī jiě | to dismember / (fig.) to break into parts | |
| 快攻 | kuài gōng | fast break / quick attack (ball sports) | |
| 打散 | dǎ sàn | to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) | |
| 勃发 | bó fā | to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth | |
| 冲锋陷阵 | chōng fēng xiàn zhèn | to charge and break through enemy lines | |
| 保本 | bǎo běn | to break even | |
| 少来 | shǎo lái | refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it! | |
| 别开生面 | bié kāi shēng miàn | to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground | |
| 破冰 | pò bīng | (fig.) to break the ice / to begin to restore amicable relations | |
| 食言 | shí yán | to break one's promise | |
| 脱壳 | tuō ké | to break out of an eggshell / to molt / to remove the husk / to shell | |
| 破纪录 | pò jì lù | to break a record / record-breaking | |
| 反垄断 | fǎn lǒng duàn | to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust | |
| 裂变 | liè biàn | (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment | |
| 高抬贵手 | gāo tái guì shǒu | to be generous (idiom) / to be magnanimous / Give me a break! | |
| 抛锚 | pāo máo | to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down | |
| 不欢而散 | bù huān ér sàn | to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord | |
| 破釜沉舟 | pò fǔ chén zhōu | lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats | |
| 摔坏 | shuāi huài | to drop and break | |
| 违法乱纪 | wéi fǎ luàn jì | to break the law and violate the rules (idiom) / misconduct | |
| 保底 | bǎo dǐ | to break even / to guarantee a minimum (salary etc) | |
| 出毛病 | chū máo bìng | a problem appears / to break down | |
| 散伙 | sàn huǒ | to disband / (of a partnership, group etc) to break up | |
| 为非作歹 | wéi fēi zuò dǎi | to break the law and commit crimes (idiom) / malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages | |
| 崩裂 | bēng liè | to rupture / to burst open / to break up | |
| 毁约 | huǐ yuē | to break a promise / breach of contract | |
