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duān

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duān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duān | duan1
English translation
end
extremity
item
port
to hold sth level with both hands
to carry
regular
old variant of duān [duān]
start
origin
end, extreme; head; beginning

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About duān

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

duān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

stand

Etymology of duān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

立耑

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

duān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and duān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using duān

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de 名字 míngzi tián zài měi shǎng duān de 括弧 kuò hú nèi .

Put your name in brackets at the top of each page.

shì 不是 bú shi 那个 nà ge 容易 róngyì 冲动 chōngdòng yòu hǎo 走极端 de 姑娘 gūniang 一切 yīqiè dōu 告诉 gàosu le xiá ?

Had the impulsive and desperate girl spoken out to Letitia to the fullest?

春月忽然 hūrán 懊悔 aò huǐ 起来 qǐlai , gāi zài 喝茶 hē chá shí 那么 nà me 端庄 duān zhuāng yǒu .

Suddenly Spring Moon wished she had not been so virtuous at tea.

山顶 shān dǐng 上升 shàng shēng 气流 qì liú 强度 qiáng dù Suí 矢端迹曲率 qū lǜ 加大 jiā dà ér shāo yǒu 加强 jiā qiáng .

Peak updraft strength is slightly enhanced with hodograph curvature.

参见 cān jiàn běn xià duān de 注解 zhù jiě .

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Words with duān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
duān end duān
极端 jíduān extreme極端
终端 zhōng duān end終端
开端 kāi duān start開端
顶端 dǐng duān summit頂端
争端 zhēngduān dispute爭端
末端 mò duān tip末端 mò duān
尖端 jiānduān the tip尖端 jiānduān
前端 qián duān front前端 qián duān
端正 duānzhèng upright端正 duānzhèng
弊端 bìduān abuse弊端 bìduān
无端 wú duān for no reason at all無端
端庄 duān zhuāng dignified端莊
端口 duān kǒu port端口 duān kǒu
两端 liǎng duān two extremes兩端
事端 shì duān disturbance事端 shì duān
端倪 duān ní boundary端倪 duān ní
异端 yì duān heresy異端
南端 nán duān southern end or extremity南端 nán duān
云端 yún duān fig. high in the clouds雲端
高端 gāo duān high-end高端 gāo duān
端坐 duān zuò to sit upright端坐 duān zuò
诡计多端 guǐ jì duō duān full of craft and cunning詭計多端
好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right好端端 hǎo duān duān
远端 yuǎn duān far end遠端

duān Decomposition & Compounds

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duān Decomposition

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