断
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.
- I broke a nail.
- I broke my arm.
- We're not terminating you.
HSK words with 断
- 不断bùduànunceasing
- 判断pànduànto judge
- 诊断zhěnduànto diagnose
- 中断zhōngduànto cut short
- 打断dǎduànto interrupt
- 切断qiēduànto cut off
- 断裂duànlièfracture
- 果断guǒduànfirm
- 推断tuīduànto infer
- 垄断lǒngduànto monopolize
- 间断jiànduàndisconnected
- 断定duàndìngto conclude
- 断绝duànjuéto sever; to break off
- 片断piànduànsection
- 源源不断yuányuánbùduàna steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
- 断断续续duànduànxùxùintermittent