断

Traditional (Taiwan): 斷

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

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duàn ㄉㄨㄢˋ

- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly

Other words read duàn

In the same tone

段 duàn paragraph
缎 duàn satin
锻 duàn forge
椴 duàn Chinese linden
煅 duàn calcine

All 11 words read duàn

duan with other tones

短 duǎn short
端 duān tip
媏 duān (old)
鍴 duān drinking goblet

All 15 words read duan in any tone

How 断 is written

部首 radical: 斤
笔画 strokes: 11, with 7 after the 部首

Words with 断

Starting with 断

断裂 duànliè fracture
断定 duàndìng conclude
断层 duàncéng fault
断绝 duànjué sever
断然 duànrán resolute

All 72 words starting with 断

Ending with 断

不断 bùduàn unceasing
判断 pànduàn judge
诊断 zhěnduàn diagnose
垄断 lǒngduàn monopolize
中断 zhōngduàn cut short

All 65 words ending with 断

Containing 断

判断力 pànduànlì ability to judge
横断山脉 héngduànshānmài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
横断面 héngduànmiàn horizontal section
独断专行 dúduànzhuānxíng take arbitrary action
时断时续 shíduànshíxù stopping and starting

All 42 words containing 断

The words 断 counts as a measure word

Example sentences and grammar articles using 断

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