断
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
duàn duan4
- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly
Example sentences
- The x-ray showed two broken fingers.
HSK words with 断
- 不断 bùduàn unceasing
- 判断 pànduàn to judge
- 诊断 zhěnduàn to diagnose
- 中断 zhōngduàn to cut short
- 打断 dǎduàn to interrupt
- 切断 qiēduàn to cut off
- 断裂 duànliè fracture
- 果断 guǒduàn firm
- 推断 tuīduàn to infer
- 垄断 lǒngduàn to monopolize
- 间断 jiànduàn disconnected
- 断定 duàndìng to conclude
- 断绝 duànjué to sever; to break off
- 片断 piànduàn section
- 源源不断 yuányuánbùduàn a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
- 断断续续 duànduànxùxù intermittent