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破旧
破旧 (pò jiù): Dilapidated / old / run-down (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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Character Breakdown
破 • pò • break • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
pò
破
break
旧 • jiù • old; former • HSK 3.0 · L3
HSK 3.0 · L3
jiù
旧
old; former
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How to Use 破旧 in Sentences
Adverb + Adjective
with
十分
shí
十
fēn
分
pò
破
jiù
旧
neutral
very dilapidated
Verb + Complement
with
显得
xiǎn
显
de
得
pò
破
jiù
旧
Adjective + Noun
with
房子
pò
破
jiù
旧
de
的
fáng
房
zi
子
Idiom
with
不堪
pò
破
jiù
旧
bù
不
kān
堪
5.
Example Sentences with 破旧
zhè
这
liàng
辆
zì
自
xíng
行
chē
车
hěn
很
pò
破
neutral
appear shabby
neutral
dilapidated house
formal
Written
dilapidated beyond repair
jiù
旧
。
This bicycle is very old and worn-out.
jǐn
尽
guǎn
管
zhè
这
zuò
座
jiàn
建
zhù
筑
wài
外
guān
观
pò
破
jiù
旧
，
nèi
内
bù
部
què
却
jīng
经
guò
过
jīng
精
xīn
心
xiū
修
fù
复
。
Although the exterior of this building is dilapidated, the interior has been meticulously restored.
nǐ
你
nán
难
dào
道
bù
不
jué
觉
de
得
zhè
这
jiàn
件
pò
破
jiù
旧
de
的
jiā
夹
kè
克
hěn
很
yǒu
有
fù
复
gǔ
古
fēng
风
gé
格
ma
吗
？
Don't you think this old, run-down jacket has a very retro style?
tā
他
zhù
住
zài
在
yī
一
jiān
间
pò
破
jiù
旧
de
的
fáng
房
zi
子
lǐ
里
，
dàn
但
shōu
收
shí
拾
dé
得
hěn
很
gān
干
jìng
净
。
He lives in a dilapidated house, but keeps it very tidy.
tā
他
bìng
并
méi
没
yǒu
有
yīn
因
wèi
为
chuān
穿
zhe
着
pò
破
jiù
旧
de
的
yī
衣
fu
服
ér
而
gǎn
感
dào
到
sī
丝
háo
毫
zì
自
bēi
卑
。
He did not feel the slightest bit inferior because he was wearing old, shabby clothes.
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 破旧.
Words with
破
打破
dǎ pò
to break; to smash
破产
pò chǎn
to go bankrupt; go broke; become insolvent
破坏
pò huài
destroy; wreck; ruin
破例
pò lì
break a rule; make an exception
突破
tū pò
break through; surmount
破案
pò àn
solve a case
破灭
pò miè
shatter / collapse / be shattered
破碎
pò suì
break / shatter
Words with
旧
仍旧
réng jiù
remain the same; continue to be; as before
依旧
yī jiù
as before; still
陈旧
chén jiù
outmoded; obsolete;old-fashioned
怀旧
huái jiù
Feel nostalgic / Yearn for the past
个旧
gè jiù
Gejiu (city in Yunnan)
叙旧
xù jiù
reminisce, chat about old times
守旧
shǒu jiù
conservative; old-fashioned
旧事
jiù shì
past events; old matters
