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duàn

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duàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duàn | duan4
English translation
to break
to snap
to cut off
to give up or abstain from sth
to judge
(usu. used in the negative) absolutely
definitely
decidedly
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

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About duàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

duàn

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Using an axe  jīn to harvest grain 

Etymology of duàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿺?米斤

Explanation

Simplified form of duàn . Depicts cutting off threads with an axe ( jīn )

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Example sentences using duàn

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最后 zuìhòu , 最高 zuì gāo 法院 fǎyuàn 断然 duàn rán 拒绝 jùjué le "阿纳 " àn 超过 chāoguò 票数 piào shù de " tián " de 理论 lǐlùn .

Ultimately, the Court squarely rejected the Arnett plurality's " bitter with the sweet " theory.

wèi 摄影师 shè yǐng shī 电灯 diàn dēng de 保险丝 bǎo xiǎn sī shāo duàn le , 使 shǐ zhěng dòng 房子 fáng zi 陷于 xiàn yú 黑暗 hēi àn 当中 dāng zhōng .

A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.

这个 zhè ge 脉冲 mài chōng Néng 迫使 pò shǐ 断路器 duàn lù qì 切断 qiē duàn de 主机 zhǔ jī 30 miǎo .

That pulse forces the circuit breaker to shut down her mainframe for 30 seconds.

破晓 pò xiǎo shí 鸟儿 niǎo r 不断 bùduàn 吱吱 de jiào , 我们 wǒmen chǎo xǐng le .

The birds, chirping relentlessly, woke us up at daybreak.

shuí 能够 néng gòu 揣摩 chuǎi mó 这些 zhè xiē 泪珠 lèi zhū ér de 含意 hán yì ne ?谁能够断定 duàndìng 它们 tā men shì shì tián ne ?

Who shall analyse those tears, and say whether they were sweet or bitter?

Words with duàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
不断 bùduàn unceasing不斷
duàn to break duàn
判断 pànduàn to judge判斷
诊断 zhěnduàn diagnosis診斷
打断 dǎ duàn to interrupt打斷
切断 qiē duàn to cut off切斷
果断 guǒduàn firm果斷
垄断 lǒngduàn to monopolize壟斷
中断 zhōngduàn to cut short中斷
推断 tuī duàn to infer推斷
断裂 duàn liè fracture斷裂
判断力 pàn duàn lì judgment判斷力
断绝 duànjué to sever斷絕
折断 zhé duàn to break折斷
间断 jiàn duàn disconnected間斷
断定 duàndìng to conclude斷定
割断 gē duàn to cut off割斷
了断 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion了斷
阻断 zǔ duàn to block阻斷
断层 duàn céng fault (geology)斷層
片断 piànduàn section片斷
断电 duàn diàn power cut斷電
源源不断 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream源源不斷
决断 jué duàn resolution決斷
断言 duàn yán to assert斷言

duàn Decomposition & Compounds

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duàn Decomposition

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duàn Compounds

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