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斷

duàn

sever, cut off; interrupt

Strokes
18
Radical
斤
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 断

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 断, the simplified form of 斷. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我们没有打断。

    Wǒ men méi yǒu dǎ duàn

    We didn't break in.

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  • 请不要打断我。

    Qǐng bù yào dǎ duàn wǒ

    Please don't interrupt me.

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  • 我做事该果断。

    Wǒ zuò shì gāi guǒ duàn

    I should stop procrastinating.

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  • 他打断了我们的谈论。

    Tā dǎ duàn le wǒ men de tán lùn

    He interrupted our conversation.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 断

  • 不断bù duàn 4–4 → 2–4unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
  • 断duàn 4to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
  • 判断pàn duàn 4–4 to judge; to determine; judgment
  • 诊断zhěn duàn 3–4 to diagnose
  • 中断zhōng duàn 1–4 to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
  • 打断dǎ duàn 3–4 to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
  • 果断guǒ duàn 3–4 firm; decisive
  • 垄断lǒng duàn 3–4 to monopolize
  • 断定duàn dìng 4–4 to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
  • 断绝duàn jué 4–2 to sever; to break off
  • 片断piàn duàn 4–4 section; fragment; segment
  • 断断续续duàn duàn xù xù 4–4–4–4intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate