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

断气 duàn qì to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply
截断 jié duàn to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate
武断 wǔ duàn arbitrary; subjective; dogmatic
断送 duàn sòng to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
优柔寡断 yōu róu guǎ duàn indecisive; irresolute
源源不断 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
断言 duàn yán to assert; assertion
断断续续 duàn duàn xù xù intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate
评断 píng duàn to judge
论断 lùn duàn to infer; to judge; inference; judgment; conclusion
斩断 zhǎn duàn to cut off; to chop sth in half
臆断 yì duàn to assume; assumption
断交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship; to break off diplomatic ties
独断 dú duàn to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
断章取义 duàn zhāng qǔ yì to quote out of context (idiom)
断奶 duàn nǎi to wean
断句 duàn jù to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
断然 duàn rán resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely
当机立断 dāng jī lì duàn to make prompt decisions (idiom)
独断专行 dú duàn zhuān xíng to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
隔断 gé duàn partition; to stand between; wall or fence serving as partition
接连不断 jiē lián bù duàn in unbroken succession (idiom)
专断 zhuān duàn to act arbitrarily; to make decisions without consulting others
横断面 héng duàn miàn horizontal section
公断 gōng duàn arbitration (law)
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