| 破坏 | pò huài | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy |
| 破 | pò | broken; damaged; worn out; 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 |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount or break the back of (a task etc); (of ball sports) to break through a defense |
| 破产 | pò chǎn | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy |
| 破碎 | pò suì | to smash to pieces; to shatter |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to rupture; to fracture; to break down; (linguistics) plosion |
| 爆破 | bào pò | to blow up; to demolish (using explosives); dynamite; blast |
| 冲破 | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
| 破除 | pò chú | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of |
| 破烂 | pò làn | ragged |
| 识破 | shí pò | to penetrate; to see through |
| 破旧 | pò jiù | shabby |
| 攻破 | gōng pò | to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) |
| 破除迷信 | pò chú mí xìn | to eliminate superstition (idiom) |
| 破损 | pò sǔn | disrepair |
| 破灭 | pò miè | to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) |
| 破案 | pò àn | to solve a case; shabby old table |
| 破获 | pò huò | to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture |
| 破口 | pò kǒu | tear or rupture; to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes); without restraint (e.g. of swearing) |
| 破格 | pò gé | to break the rule; to make an exception |
| 划破 | huá pò | to cut open |
| 划破 | huà pò | to scratch (damage by cutting); to slash; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) |
| 家破人亡 | jiā pò rén wáng | family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless |
| 残破 | cán pò | broken; dilapidated |
| 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 |
| 撕破 | sī pò | to tear |
| 破晓 | pò xiǎo | daybreak; dawn |
| 揭破 | jiē pò | to uncover |
| 破绽 | pò zhàn | hole or tear in cloth; mistake or gap in a speech or theory (idiom) |
| 势如破竹 | shì rú pò zhú | sweeping |
| 颠扑不破 | diān pū bù pò | solid; irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable; unbreakable |
| 破口大骂 | pò kǒu dà mà | to abuse roundly |
| 破天荒 | pò tiān huāng | unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever |
| 乘风破浪 | chéng fēng pò làng | to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions |
| 支离破碎 | zhī lí pò suì | scattered and smashed (idiom) |
| 看破 | kàn pò | to see through; disillusioned with; to reject (the world of mortals) |
| 不破不立 | bù pò bù lì | without destruction there can be no construction |
| 不攻自破 | bù gōng zì pò | collapse of itself |
| 保证破坏战略 | bǎo zhèng pò huài zhàn lüè | assured destruction strategy |
| 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 |
| 原子爆破弹药 | yuán zǐ bào pò dàn yào | atomic demolition munition |
| 吓破胆 | xià pò dǎn | to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff |
| 严重破坏 | yán zhòng pò huài | serious damage |
| 国破家亡 | guó pò jiā wáng | the country ruined and the people starving (idiom) |
| 宣布破产 | xuān bù pò chǎn | to declare bankruptcy |
| 对称破缺 | duì chèn pò quē | symmetry breaking (physics) |
| 戳破 | chuō pò | puncture; to expose |
| 扯破 | chě pò | tear apart |
| 拿破仑 | Ná pò lún | Napoleon (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815 |
