Character
| HSK | 4 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 434th character |
| RADICAL | ⽄ (69.7) |
| STROKES | 11 |
| INDEX # | 2405 |
| TRADITIONAL | 斷 |
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
| 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú | arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army |
| 拗断 ào duàn | to break by twisting |
| 掐断 qiā duàn | cut off; disconnect |
| 挂断 guà duàn | to hang up (a phone) |
| 摔断 shuāi duàn | to fall and break; to break (bones) by falling |
| 擅断 shàn duàn | arbitrary |
| 断乎 duàn hū | certainly |
| 断代 duàn dài | periodization (of history) |
| 断层线 duàn céng xiàn | geological fault line |
| 断崖 duàn yá | steep cliff; crag; precipice |
| 断弦 duàn xián | widowed; lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony |
| 断想 duàn xiǎng | brief commentary |
| 断桥 duàn qiáo | The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) |
| 断档 duàn dàng | sold out; to be out of stock |
| 断流 duàn liú | to run dry (of river) |
| 断港绝潢 duàn gǎng jué huáng | to be unable to continue; to come to a dead end (idiom) |
| 断灭 duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 断灭论 duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 断片 duàn piàn | fragment; piece; (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing |
| 断狱 duàn yù | to pass judgment on a legal case |
| 断球 duàn qiú | (sports) to steal; to intercept the ball |
| 断瓦残垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán | the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated |
| 断粮 duàn liáng | to run out of food |
| 断线 duàn xiàn | (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected; cut off |
| 断线钳 duàn xiàn qián | bolt cutter |