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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• 断崖(斷崖) a steep cliff; a crag; a precipice
• 断案(斷案) to judge a case
• 优柔寡断(優柔寡斷) indecisive; irresolute
• 断弦(斷弦) widowed; broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
• 断档(斷檔) sold out; to be out of stock
• 论断(論斷) to infer; to judge; inference; judgment; conclusion
• 断想(斷想) brief commentary
• 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)
• 诊断学(診斷學) diagnostics
• 源源不断(源源不斷) an unending stream
• 断腿(斷腿) broken leg
• 断裂模数(斷裂模數) modulus rupture
• 公断(公斷) arbitration
• 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)
• 反垄断法(反壟斷法) anti-trust law; legislation again monopolies
• 电脑断层扫描(電腦斷層掃描) CAT scan; CT scan
• 买断(買斷) to buy out; buyout; severance
• 裁断(裁斷) to consider and decide
• 独断专行(獨斷專行) to decide and act alone; to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
• 断开(斷開) to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)
• 断港绝潢(斷港絕潢) to be unable to continue; to come to a dead end
• 断线风筝(斷線風箏) a kite with cut string; gone beyond recall
• 残垣断壁(殘垣斷壁) crumbling fences and dilapidated walls
• 专断(專斷) to act independently; to make decisions without consulting others
• 时断时续(時斷時續) stopping and starting; intermittent; sporadic; on and off
• 断雁孤鸿(斷雁孤鴻) solitary goose, cut off from the flock
• 处断(處斷) to judge
• 十五智断(十五智斷) fifteen days of increasing wisdom and fifteen of decreasing evil
• 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight; to disappear [in the distance]
• 断线(斷線) (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected
• 断语(斷語) conclusion; judgment; verdict
• 断袖之癖(斷袖之癖) cut sleeve
• 断头(斷頭) to decapitate ; to short sell [stocks]
• 垄断贩卖(壟斷販賣) monopoly
• 断续(斷續) intermittent
• 藕断丝连(藕斷絲連) lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined; lovers part, but still long for one another
• 断句(斷句) to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
• 横断面(橫斷面) horizontal section
• 中断(中斷) to discontinue; to break off ; to interupt [a journey]
• 断奶(斷奶) to wean
• 判断力(判斷力) ability to judge; judgment
• 臆断(臆斷) to assume; assumption
• 肠断(腸斷) heartbroken
• 独断独行(獨斷獨行) to decide and act alone; to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
• 词汇判断作业(詞彙判斷作業) lexical decision task
• 断路器(斷路器) circuit breaker
• 肝肠寸断(肝腸寸斷) liver and guts cut to pieces; grief-stricken
• 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

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断增长 、 四断 、 断片

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