断 (斷) duàn

1. duàn adverb absolutely / decidedly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used in negative constructions in the sense of 绝对 (CED 2 '断' 2; Ci Yuan '断' 5; Kroll 2015 '断' 1a; NCCED '断' 7)
2. duàn verb to judge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: twanH; in the sense of 判断 (CED 2 '断' 1; Ci Yuan '斷' 4; NCCED '断' 5; Kroll 2015 '斷' twanH 1; WN '斷' 4)
3. duàn verb to severe / to break
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 折断 or 切 (CED 1 '断' 1; Ci Yuan '断' 1; NCCED '断' 1; Kroll 2015 '断' 1; WN '斷' 5; Unihan '斷')
4. duàn verb to stop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of stopping the supply or flow of something (CED 1 '断' 2; Kroll 2015 '断' 1b; NCCED '断' 2; WN '斷' 3)
5. duàn verb to quit / to give up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of stopping a habbit (CED 1 '断' 3; NCCED '断' 3)
6. duàn verb to intercept
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '断' 4)
7. duàn verb to divide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 划分 (WN '斷' 1)
8. duàn verb to isolate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 隔绝 (WN '斷' 2)

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• 断句(斷句) to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate
• 断除(斷除) to eliminate
• 断崖(斷崖) a steep cliff / a crag / a precipice
• 价值判断(價值判斷) value judgement
• 清官难断家务事(清官難斷家務事) even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute
• 源源不断(源源不斷) an unending stream
• 断代史(斷代史) period history
• 斩断(斬斷) to sever [communications] / to cut on two
• 龙门山断层(龍門山斷層) Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
• 断送(斷送) to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined
• 计算机断层(計算機斷層) CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method)
• 绵绵不断(綿綿不斷) an unending stream
• 砍断(砍斷) to chop off
• 肠断(腸斷) heartbroken
• 断断续续(斷斷續續) intermittent
• 恩断义绝(恩斷義絕) to split up / to break all ties
• 断行(斷行) line break ; to carry out resolutely
• 断层(斷層) fault
• 擅断(擅斷) arbitrary
• 寡头垄断(寡頭壟斷) oligopoly
• 纵断面(縱斷面) vertical section / longitudinal section
• 隔断板(隔斷板) partition board
• 戒断(戒斷) withdrawal (from drugs)
• 断定(斷定) to conclude / to determine
• 断线钳(斷線鉗) bolt cutter
• 词汇判断(詞彙判斷) lexical decision
• 当机立断(當機立斷) to make prompt decisions
• 柔肠寸断(柔腸寸斷) to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted
• 识文断字(識文斷字) literate / a cultured person
• 正电子发射计算机断层(正電子發射計算機斷層) PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
• 电脑断层扫描(電腦斷層掃描) CAT scan / CT scan
• 横断面(橫斷面) horizontal section
• 英明果断(英明果斷) wise and resolute
• 断章取义(斷章取義) to quote out of context
• 断路器(斷路器) circuit breaker
• 词汇判断作业(詞彙判斷作業) lexical decision task
• 摔断(摔斷) to fall and break / to break (bones) by falling
• 圣安地列斯断层(聖安地列斯斷層) San Andreas Fault, California
• 逸尘断鞅(逸塵斷鞅) kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / to ride like the wind
• 正断层(正斷層) normal fault
• 断袖之癖(斷袖之癖) cut sleeve
• 剪断(剪斷) to cut / to snip

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