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断
斷
duàn
1.
to break
2.
to snap
3.
to cut off
4.
to give up or abstain from sth
5.
to judge
6.
(usu. used in the negative) absolutely
7.
definitely
8.
decidedly
HSK 5
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不断
bùduàn
unceasing
中断
zhōngduàn
to cut short
了断
liǎoduàn
to settle (a dispute etc)
公断
gōngduàn
arbitration (law)
切断
qiēduàn
to cut off
判断
pànduàn
to decide
剪断
jiǎnduàn
to cut
割断
gēduàn
to cut off
垄断
lǒngduàn
to enjoy market dominance
夹断
jiāduàn
to nip (i.e. cut short)
妄断
wàngduàn
to jump to an unfounded conclusion
审断
shěnduàn
to examine
专断
zhuānduàn
to act arbitrarily
截断
jiéduàn
to cut off
打断
dǎduàn
to interrupt
折断
zhéduàn
to snap sth off
拗断
àoduàn
to break by twisting
掐断
qiāduàn
cut off
挂断
guàduàn
to hang up (a phone)
推断
tuīduàn
to infer
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 433
- Word Frequency Rank
- 694 of 84,292