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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• 砍断(砍斷) to chop off
• 断想(斷想) brief commentary
• 断句(斷句) to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
• 横断步道(橫斷步道) pedestrian crossing
• 时断时续(時斷時續) stopping and starting; intermittent; sporadic; on and off
• 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
• 断裂模数(斷裂模數) modulus rupture
• 判断力(判斷力) ability to judge; judgment
• 喝断片(喝斷片) to get blackout drunk
• 断开(斷開) to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)
• 风波不断(風波不斷) constantly in turmoil; crisis after crisis
• 断线钳(斷線鉗) bolt cutter
• 断决(斷決) to decide
• 判断错误(判斷錯誤) an error in judgement
• 武断(武斷) dogmatic ; arbitrary; subjective
• 坐断(坐斷) to occupy
• 剿断(剿斷) to cut off
• 英明果断(英明果斷) wise and resolute
• 割断(割斷) to cut off ; to act independently
• 断层(斷層) fault
• 听断(聽斷) to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide
• 挂断(掛斷) to hang up (a phone)
• 走向滑动断层(走向滑動斷層) strike-slip fault; fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
• 审断(審斷) to examine
• 断档(斷檔) sold out; to be out of stock
• 断货(斷貨) to run out of (stock)
• 锯断(鋸斷) to saw off
• 断流(斷流) to run dry (of river)
• 断灭(斷滅) annihilate
• 断续(斷續) intermittent
• 判断语(判斷語) predicate
• 断弦(斷弦) widowed; broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
• 断奶(斷奶) to wean
• 打断(打斷) to cut somebody off; to interupt ; to pass judgement ; to exhaust; to finish
• 妄断(妄斷) to jump to an unfounded conclusion
• 断代史(斷代史) period history
• 横断山脉(橫斷山脈) Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
• 柔肠寸断(柔腸寸斷) to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short; broken-hearted
• 词汇判断法(詞彙判斷法) lexical decision task
• 断定(斷定) to conclude; to determine
• 断除(斷除) to eliminate
• 断行(斷行) line break ; to carry out resolutely
• 熔断丝(熔斷絲) fuse wire
• 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
• 断路器(斷路器) circuit breaker
• 果断(果斷) firm; decisive; resolute
• 断袖(斷袖) homosexual
• 拗断(拗斷) to break by twisting
• 不断(不斷) unceasing; uninterrupted

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