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duàn
1. paragraph
2. chapter
3. segment
4. stage (of a process)
5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Example Sentences (4)

一看到这张照片,我就想起过去那段快乐的日子,好像重新回到了校园。
Yí kàn dào zhè zhāng zhàopiàn, wǒ jiù xiǎngqǐ guòqù nà duàn kuàilè de rìzi, hǎoxiàng chóngxīn huídào le xiàoyuán.
As soon as I see this photo, I think of those happy days in the past, as if I were back on campus again.
Text 3
有些国家的人名写在姓后面,但是只要经过一段时间,就会慢慢地习惯。
yǒu xiē guó jiā de rén míng xiě zài xìng hòu miàn, dàn shì zhǐ yào jīng guò yí duàn shí jiān, jiù huì màn màn de xí guàn.
in some countries, people's names are written after the surname, but after some time, you will gradually get used to it.
Text 4
这段时间你自己的衣服都没洗,你能照顾好它吗?
Zhè duàn shíjiān nǐ zìjǐ de yīfu dōu méi xǐ, nǐ néng zhàogù hǎo tā ma?
These days you haven't washed your own clothes; can you take good care of it?
Text 2
对。要知道,能有一个真正的朋友,有一段真正的友谊,是多么不容易!
Duì. Yào zhīdao, néng yǒu yí gè zhēnzhèng de péngyou, yǒu yí duàn zhēnzhèng de yǒuyì, shì duōme bù róngyì!
Right. You should know how hard it is to have a true friend and a true friendship!
Text 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
566
Word Frequency Rank
1,325 of 84,292