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

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Words containing 断

Word Meaning
a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
intermittent
gay; homosexual
Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee film
heartbroken; to break one's heart
broken leg
line break (computing)
to carry out resolutely
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han hàn shū: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
breaking strength; rupture strength
modulus rupture
to run out of (stock)
circuit breaker
to fast; hunger strike
king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
intermittent; on and off; stopping and starting
broken-hearted (idiom)
to cut across; to cross (a road, an ocean etc)
Hengduan Mountains in southwest China
pedestrian crossing
transverse object
normal fault (geology)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
positrion emission tomography (PET)