断 (斷) duàn
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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) -
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) -
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') -
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) -
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) -
duàn
verb
to intercept
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '断' 4) -
duàn
verb
to divide
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 划分 (WN '斷' 1) -
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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- 伤筋断骨(傷筋斷骨) to suffer serious injury
- 处断(處斷) to judge
- 断绝(斷絕) to sever; to break off
- 当断即断(當斷即斷) not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
- 望断南飞雁(望斷南飛雁) the wild geese flying south are out of sight
- 夹断(夾斷) to nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off
- 断球(斷球) to steal; to intercept the ball
- 计算机断层(計算機斷層) CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method)
- 熔断丝(熔斷絲) fuse wire
- 正电子发射断层照相术(正電子發射斷層照相術) positron emission tomography (PET)
- 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight; to disappear [in the distance]
- 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)
- 断腿(斷腿) broken leg
- 冲断层(衝斷層) thrust fault; compression fault
- 断裂强度(斷裂強度) rupture strength; breaking strength
- 词汇判断(詞彙判斷) lexical decision
- 风波不断(風波不斷) constantly in turmoil; crisis after crisis
- 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
- 果断(果斷) firm; decisive; resolute ; to cut off the results of former karma
- 断除(斷除) to eliminate
- 裁断(裁斷) to consider and decide
- 戒断(戒斷) withdrawal (from drugs)
- 正电子照射断层摄影(正電子照射斷層攝影) positrion emission tomography (PET)
- 剖断(剖斷) to divide ; to judge
- 截断交通(截斷交通) to block communications
- 锯断(鋸斷) to saw off
- 鍥断(鍥斷) to cut off
- 转换断层(轉換斷層) transform fault
- 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
- 掐断(掐斷) cut off; disconnect
- 挂断(掛斷) to hang up (a phone)
- 独断独行(獨斷獨行) to decide and act alone; to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
- 断弦(斷弦) widowed; broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
- 垄断贩卖(壟斷販賣) monopoly
- 断句(斷句) to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
- 断裂模数(斷裂模數) modulus rupture
- 横断物(橫斷物) transverse object
- 诊断(診斷) to diagnose
- 寡头垄断(寡頭壟斷) oligopoly
- 片断(片斷) section; fragment; segment
- 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
- 断语(斷語) conclusion; judgment; verdict
- 断想(斷想) brief commentary
- 正断层(正斷層) normal fault
- 逆断层(逆斷層) reverse fault
- 当机立断(當機立斷) to make prompt decisions
- 横断(橫斷) to cross (a road, an ocean etc); to cut across
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