"Tear" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 撕 |  sī | to tear |   |
| 扒 | bā | to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig | |
| 撕裂 | sī liè | to rip apart / to tear / laceration / rent | |
| 撕破 | sī pò | to tear / to rip | |
| 裂片 | liè piàn | splinter / chip / tear (split in a surface) / lobe | |
| 扯 | chě | variant of 扯[che3] / to pull / to tear | |
| 擘 | bò | thumb / to break / to tear / to pierce / to split | |
| 捩 | liè | tear / twist | |
| 搣 | miè | to peel / to pull out / to peel / to tear / to pinch | |
| 拆除 | chāi chú | to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove | |
| 磨损 | mó sǔn | to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out | |
| 掀开 | xiān kāi | to lift open / to tear open | |
| 损耗 | sǔn hào | wear and tear | |
| 泪痕 | lèi hén | tear stains | |
| 打掉 | dǎ diào | to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus) | |
| 撕碎 | sī suì | to tear to shreds | |
| 撕扯 | sī chě | to tear apart | |
| 撕掉 | sī diào | to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away | |
| 撕咬 | sī yǎo | to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) | |
| 撕毁 | sī huǐ | to tear up / to rip up / too shred | |
| 撤掉 | chè diào | to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off | |
| 破口 | pò kǒu | tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing) | |
| 催泪弹 | cuī lèi dàn | tear bomb / tear-gas grenade | |
| 撕破脸 | sī pò liǎn | to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other | |
| 撕票 | sī piào | lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom) | |
| 撕烂 | sī làn | to tear up / to tear to pieces | |
| 扯破 | chě pò | tear apart | |
| 磨耗 | mó hào | wear and tear / wearing out by friction | |
| 干眼症 | gān yǎn zhèng | dry eye / xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A) | |
| 车裂 | chē liè | to tear off a person's four limbs and head using five horse drawn carts (as capital punishment) / to tear limb from limb | |
| 拆 | chāi | to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open | |
| 夷 | yí | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze | |
| 轘 | huàn | to tear between chariots (as punishment) | |
| 不见棺材不落泪 | bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi | lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality | |
| 消损 | xiāo sǔn | wear and tear / to wear away over time | |
| 耐穿 | nài chuān | durable / proof against wear and tear | |
| 撦 | chě | to tear / pull at | |
| 催泪瓦斯 | cuī lèi wǎ sī | tear gas | |
| 拆用 | chāi yòng | to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize | |
| 掀掉 | xiān diào | to remove / to tear off | |
| 淌泪 | tǎng lèi | to shed a tear | |
| 催泪瓦斯发射管 | tear gas launching tube | | |
| 攋 | là | to destroy / to rip / to tear open | |
| 撕逼 | sī bī | (slang) (lit.) to tear cunt / (fig.) (of females) to have a catfight / to have a bitch fight | |
| 泪管 | lèi guǎn | tear duct | |
