撕

sī

rip, tear; buy cloth

How to write 撕, stroke by stroke

to tear

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 斯

Made of 扌 + 斯

撕裂sī lièto tear; to rip apart
撕碎sī suìto tear to shreds
撕掉sī diàoto tear out (and throw away); to rip away
撕破sī pòto tear; to rip
撕毁sī huǐto tear up; to rip up; too shred
撕烂sī lànto tear up; to tear to pieces
撕咬sī yǎoto tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
撕扯sī chěto tear apart
撕破脸sī pò liǎnto have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each other
撕逼sī bī(slang) (lit.) to tear cunt; (fig.) (of females) to have a catfight; to have a bitch fight
撕票sī piàolit. to tear the ticket; to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
撕心裂肺sī xīn liè fèi(idiom) in unbearable anguish; agonizing

这个钉子撕破了他的夹克。
zhè ge dīng zi sī pò le tā de jiā kè 。
The nail tore his jacket.
这本书的头三页被人撕掉了。
zhè běn shū de tóu sān yè bèi rén sī diào le 。
Someone has ripped out the first three pages of this book.
我撕开了信封。
wǒ sī kāi le xìn fēng 。
I ripped the envelope open.
那个女孩把布撕了。
nà ge nǚ hái bǎ bù sī le 。
The girl tore the cloth.
他把信撕成碎片，扔出了窗外。
tā bǎ xìn sī chéng suì piàn ， rēng chū le chuāng wài 。
He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.