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
• 连续不断(連續不斷) continuous; unceasing
• 武断(武斷) dogmatic ; arbitrary; subjective
• 断裂强度(斷裂強度) rupture strength; breaking strength
• 断奶(斷奶) to wean
• 断狱(斷獄) to decide a law case
• 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
• 正电子照射断层摄影(正電子照射斷層攝影) positrion emission tomography (PET)
• 反垄断(反壟斷) anti-trust legislation; anti-monopoly
• 断头(斷頭) to decapitate ; to short sell [stocks]
• 断气(斷氣) to stop breathing
• 挣断(掙斷) to struggle and break free
• 断交(斷交) to end a relationship; to break off diplomatic ties
• 评断(評斷) to judge
• 英明果断(英明果斷) wise and resolute
• 识文断字(識文斷字) literate; a cultured person
• 遮断(遮斷) to block off ; an interruption
• 断乎(斷乎) certainly
• 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
• 横断步道(橫斷步道) pedestrian crossing
• 长流水，不断线(長流水，不斷線) continuous and patient effort
• 诊断学(診斷學) diagnostics
• 断决(斷決) to decide
• 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
• 推断(推斷) to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
• 断章取义(斷章取義) to quote out of context
• 断港绝潢(斷港絕潢) to be unable to continue; to come to a dead end
• 横断(橫斷) to cross (a road, an ocean etc); to cut across
• 占断(占斷) to decide by divination ; total occupation
• 计算机断层(計算機斷層) CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method)
• 龙门断层(龍門斷層) Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
• 眼穿肠断(眼穿腸斷) waiting anxiously
• 剪断(剪斷) to cut; to snip
• 横断物(橫斷物) transverse object
• 挂断(掛斷) to hang up (a phone)
• 柔肠寸断(柔腸寸斷) to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short; broken-hearted
• 望断南飞雁(望斷南飛雁) the wild geese flying south are out of sight
• 连绵不断(連綿不斷) continuously without interuption
• 切断(切斷) to cut off
• 坐断(坐斷) to occupy
• 间断(間斷) disconnected; interrupted; suspended
• 断送(斷送) to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
• 断路器(斷路器) circuit breaker
• 断食(斷食) to fast; hunger strike
• 断语(斷語) conclusion; judgment; verdict
• 一刀两断(一刀兩斷) to make a clean break; firm resolution to break off a relation
• 应机立断(應機立斷) to act on an opportunity; to take prompt advantage of a situation
• 断灭(斷滅) annihilate
• 折断(折斷) to sever; to break
• 断想(斷想) brief commentary

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