勘破

Chinese

		to investigate; to survey; to collate	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
trad. (勘破)		勘	破
simp. #(勘破)		勘	破

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham³ po³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanpò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: kān-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanpoh
    • Palladius: каньпо (kanʹpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham³ po³
    • Yale: ham po
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham³ po³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem³ po³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³³ pʰɔː³³/

Verb

勘破

1. (literary) to see through something
2. (literary) to be resigned to what is inevitable

Synonyms

• (to see through something):

• 參透／参透 (cāntòu)
• 看清 (kànqīng)
• 看破 (kànpò)
• 看穿 (kànchuān)
• 看透 (kàntòu)
• 睇穿 (tai² cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 窺破／窥破 (kuīpò)
• 識破／识破 (shípò)

 

• (to be resigned): 看破 (kànpò)