断 duàn

sever, cut off; interrupt

HSK 4 #434

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

判断 pàn duàn
HSK 4
to judge; to determine; judgment
不断 bù duàn
HSK 5
unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
诊断 zhěn duàn
HSK 5
diagnosis; to diagnose
中断 zhōng duàn
HSK 6
to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
断绝 duàn jué
HSK 6
to sever; to break off
断定 duàn dìng
HSK 6
to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
片断 piàn duàn
HSK 6
section; fragment; segment
果断 guǒ duàn
HSK 6
firm; decisive
垄断 lǒng duàn
HSK 6
to enjoy market dominance; to monopolize
打断 dǎ duàn to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
切断 qiē duàn to cut off; to sever
推断 tuī duàn to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
判断力 pàn duàn lì ability to judge; judgment
折断 zhé duàn to snap sth off; to break
割断 gē duàn to cut off; to sever
了断 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem)
断层 duàn céng fault (geology); CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]; (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill); (tomography) cross-sectional
断裂 duàn liè fracture; rupture; to break apart
间断 jiàn duàn disconnected; interrupted; suspended
断电 duàn diàn power cut; electric power failure
阻断 zǔ duàn to block; to obstruct; to intercept; to interdict
断头台 duàn tóu tái guillotine; scaffold
决断 jué duàn to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute
断开 duàn kāi to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)
一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom); fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
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