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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• 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
• 了断(了斷) to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem)
• 禁断(禁斷) to abstain; to give up
• 鍥断(鍥斷) to cut off
• 时断时续(時斷時續) stopping and starting; intermittent; sporadic; on and off
• 诊断(診斷) to diagnose
• 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)
• 断气(斷氣) to stop breathing
• 判断力(判斷力) ability to judge; judgment
• 断裂强度(斷裂強度) rupture strength; breaking strength
• 断档(斷檔) sold out; to be out of stock
• 熔断(熔斷) (of fuse wire) to melt; to blow
• 断腿(斷腿) broken leg
• 断球(斷球) to steal; to intercept the ball
• 审断(審斷) to examine
• 断决(斷決) to decide
• 横断面(橫斷面) horizontal section
• 论断(論斷) to infer; to judge; inference; judgment; conclusion
• 肠断(腸斷) heartbroken
• 妄断(妄斷) to jump to an unfounded conclusion
• 不断(不斷) unceasing; uninterrupted
• 点断式(點斷式) designed to be torn off along a line of perforations
• 反垄断法(反壟斷法) anti-trust law; legislation again monopolies
• 断崖(斷崖) a steep cliff; a crag; a precipice
• 垄断(壟斷) to dominate a market; to monopolize
• 斩断(斬斷) to sever [communications]; to cut on two
• 快刀断乱麻(快刀斷亂麻) quick sword cuts through tangled hemp; decisive action in a complex situation
• 听断(聽斷) to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide
• 断食(斷食) to fast; hunger strike
• 隔断(隔斷) a partition
• 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
• 寡头垄断(寡頭壟斷) oligopoly
• 断句(斷句) to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
• 断路器(斷路器) circuit breaker
• 眼穿肠断(眼穿腸斷) waiting anxiously
• 坐断(坐斷) to completely cut off ; to occupy
• 应机立断(應機立斷) to act on an opportunity; to take prompt advantage of a situation
• 十五智断(十五智斷) fifteen days of increasing wisdom and fifteen of decreasing evil
• 断限(斷限) a fixed period or era
• 断雁孤鸿(斷雁孤鴻) solitary goose, cut off from the flock
• 断案(斷案) to judge a case
• 自行了断(自行了斷) to take one's life
• 断语(斷語) conclusion; judgment; verdict
• 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
• 断裂带(斷裂帶) fault zone
• 间断(間斷) disconnected; interrupted; suspended
• 断线风筝(斷線風箏) a kite with cut string; gone beyond recall
• 裁断(裁斷) to consider and decide
• 阻断(阻斷) to block; to obstruct
• 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight; to disappear [in the distance]

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