段 Duàn

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Traditional form

段 Duàn

Contains the radical

殳 shū

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

A hand using a chisel 殳 shū to cut stone

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰？殳 shū

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand holding a forging hammer (殳 shū ) and hitting a stone (石 Shí ). Based on the original meaning "forge", now written as 鍛 duàn . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 段 Duàn in different contexts.

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这 zhè 篇 piān 课文 kè wén 共 gòng 分 fēn 3段 Duàn .

The text falls into three paragraphs.

这 zhè 是 shì 一 yī 次长途旅行 lǚxíng , 所以 suǒyǐ 我们 wǒmen 把 bǎ 它 tā 分 fēn 做 zuò 四 sì 段 Duàn .

It's a long journey, so we're doing it in four stages.

包括 bāokuò 四 sì 个 gè 阶段 jiēduàn 的 de 珀莱东 Dōng 7月 yuè 在 zài 兰斯 Lán sī , 法国 Fǎ guó 7.

The peloton covers stage four July 7 in Reims, France.

我 wǒ 读 dòu 这 zhè 本 běn 小说 xiǎoshuō 的 de 时候 shíhou 跳 tiào 过 Guò 了 le 这 zhè 几段毫无 háowú 趣味 qùwèi 的 de 描写 miáoxiě .

When I read the novel I skipped these dry passages of description.

他 tā 的 de 鞋子 xié zi 是 shì 用 yòng 几 jī 段 Duàn 旧 jiù 带子 dài zi 系 xì 的 de .

His shoes were tied on with old bits of string.

Explore 22 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 段 Duàn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
段 Duàn	paragraph	段 Duàn
阶段 jiēduàn	stage	階段
手段 shǒu duàn	method	手段 shǒu duàn
片段 piàn duàn	fragment (of speech etc)	片段 piàn duàn
时段 shí duàn	time interval	時段
地段 dì duàn	section	地段 dì duàn
不择手段 bùzéshǒuduàn	by fair means or foul	不擇手段
现阶段 xiàn jiē duàn	at the present stage	現階段
阶段性 jiē duàn xìng	in stages	階段性
段子 duàn zi	sketch	段子 duàn zi
告一段落 gào yī duàn luò	to come to the end of a phase (idiom)	告一段落 gào yī duàn luò
赛段 sài duàn	stage of a competition	賽段
波段 bō duàn	wave band	波段 bō duàn
身段 shēn duàn	figure	身段 shēn duàn
中段 zhōng duàn	middle section	中段 zhōng duàn
段落 duàn luò	phase	段落 duàn luò
分段 fēn duàn	segment	分段 fēn duàn
频段 pín duàn	(radio) band	頻段
桥段 qiáo duàn	scene (in a movie etc)	橋段
前段 qián duàn	first part	前段 qián duàn
线段 xiàn duàn	line segment	線段
字段 zì duàn	(numeric, data) field	字段 zì duàn