| 破 |  pò | broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |   |
| 坏 | huài | bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 残破 | cán pò | broken / dilapidated | |
| 碎掉 | suì diào | to drop and smash / broken | |
| 坏鸟 | huài niǎo | sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order) | |
| 错位 | cuò wèi | to misplace / displacement (e.g. of broken bones) / out of alignment / faulty contact / erroneous judgment / inversion (medical, e.g. breech delivery) | |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) | |
| 头破血流 | tóu pò xuè liú | lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised | |
| 断桥 | Duàn Qiáo | The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) | |
| 七零八落 | qī líng bā luò | (idiom) everything broken and in disorder | |
| 断腿 | duàn tuǐ | broken leg | |
| 稀烂 | xī làn | smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy | |
| 稀里哗啦 | xī li huā lā | (onom.) rustling sound / sound of rain or of sth falling down / in disorder / completely smashed / badly battered / broken to pieces | |
| 破鞋 | pò xié | broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut | |
| 折线 | zhé xiàn | broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg | |
| 齑粉 | jī fěn | fine powder / broken pieces | |
| 残花败柳 | cán huā bài liǔ | broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman | |
| 鸡飞蛋打 | jī fēi dàn dǎ | the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) | |
| 败絮 | bài xù | ruined / broken down / shabby | |
| 爻 | yáo | the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ | |
| 锔 | jū | to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together | |
| 拙嘴笨舌 | zhuō zuǐ bèn shé | lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker | |
| 败柳残花 | bài liǔ cán huā | broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman | |
| 蓬户瓮牖 | péng hù wèng yǒu | thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home | |
| 韦编三绝 | wéi biān sān jué | lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently | |
| 楛 | kǔ | broken utensil | |
| 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 | nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán | Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) | |
| 摺線 | zhé xiàn | variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg | |
| 断弦 | duàn xián | widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony | |
| 断瓦残垣 | duàn wǎ cán yuán | the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated | |
| 破瓦寒窑 | pò wǎ hán yáo | lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling | |
| 破读 | pò dú | pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading | |
| 破镜 | pò jìng | broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce | |
| Broken Spur 热液田 | Broken Spur rè yè tián | Broken Spur hydrothermal field | |
| 布罗肯海底高原 | | Broken Ridge oceanic plateau / Broken Ridge plateau | |
| 摺线 | zhé xiàn | variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg | |
| 碎碎念 | suì suì niàn | to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter | |
| 折戟沉沙 | zhé jǐ chén shā | lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat | |
