duàn

to cut off; to break; to snap

HSK 4 #434

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 434th character
Radical ⽄ (69.7)
Strokes 11
Index # 2405
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

断 duàn
  1. 1. to cut off
  2. 2. to break
  3. 3. to snap
  4. 4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. 5. definitely
  6. 6. decidedly
  7. 7. to judge
  8. 8. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely

Stroke order

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Words containing 断

Word Meaning
to judge; judgment; to determine
continuous; constant; unceasing
to diagnose; diagnosis
to interrupt; to discontinue; to break off
to break off; to sever
to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
fragment; segment; section
decisive; firm
to monopolize; to enjoy market dominance
to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
to cut off; to sever
to infer; to deduce; to predict
ability to judge; judgment
to break; to snap sth off
to cut off; to sever
to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute)
fault (geology); (fig.) gap
to break apart; fracture; rupture
interrupted; disconnected; suspended
power cut; electric power failure
to block; to obstruct; to intercept
guillotine; scaffold
to make a decision; decisiveness; resolute
to turn off (electric switch); to break; to sever
fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
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