| 断 | [ duàn ] to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly |
| 断乎 | [ duàn hū ] certainly |
| 断交 | [ duàn ] to end a relationship, to break off diplomatic ties |
| 断代 | [ duàn daì ] periodization (of history) |
| 断句 | [ duàn jù ] to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing, to punctuate |
| 断垣残壁 | [ duàn yuán cán bì ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| 断壁残垣 | [ duàn bì cán yuán ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| 断壁颓垣 | [ duàn bì tuí yuán ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| 断奶 | [ duàn naǐ ] to wean |
| 断子绝孙 | [ duàn zǐ jué sūn ] to die without progeny, (offensive) may you die childless, may you be the last of your family line |
| 断定 | [ duàn dìng ] to conclude, to determine, to come to a judgment |
| 断层 | [ duàn céng ] fault (geology), CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4], (fig.) gap, rupture (in the transmission of some skill), (tomography) cross-sectional |
| 断层线 | [ duàn céng xiàn ] geological fault line |
| 断崖 | [ duàn yá ] steep cliff, crag, precipice |
| 断弦 | [ duàn xián ] widowed, lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony |
| 断想 | [ duàn xiǎng ] brief commentary |
| 断断续续 | [ duàn duàn xù xù ] intermittent, off and on, discontinuous, stop-go, stammering, disjointed, inarticulate |
| 断案 | [ duàn àn ] to judge a case |
| 断桥 | [ duàn ] The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) |
| 断档 | [ duàn dàng ] sold out, to be out of stock |
| 断气 | [ duàn qì ] to stop breathing, to breathe one's last, to die, to cut the gas supply |
| 断流 | [ duàn liú ] to run dry (of river) |
| 断港绝潢 | [ duàn gǎng jué huáng ] to be unable to continue, to come to a dead end (idiom) |
| 断灭 | [ duàn miè ] annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 断灭论 | [ duàn miè lùn ] annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 断然 | [ duàn rán ] resolute, definitive, categorically, absolutely |
| 断片 | [ duàn piàn ] fragment, piece, (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing |
| 断片儿 | [ duàn piàn ] (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout, to be unable to recall what one did while drunk |
| 断狱 | [ duàn yù ] to pass judgment on a legal case |
| 断球 | [ duàn qiú ] (sports) to steal, to intercept the ball |
| 断瓦残垣 | [ duàn wǎ cán yuán ] the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated |
| 断章取义 | [ duàn zhāng qǔ yì ] to quote out of context (idiom) |
| 断粮 | [ duàn liáng ] to run out of food |
| 断绝 | [ duàn jué ] to sever, to break off |
| 断线 | [ duàn xiàn ] (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break, (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued, (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected, cut off |
| 断线钳 | [ duàn xiàn qián ] bolt cutter |
| 断线风筝 | [ duàn xiàn fēng zhēng ] a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall |
| 断续 | [ duàn xù ] intermittent |
| 断背 | [ duàn beì ] homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) |
| 断背山 | [ duàn beì shān ] Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1] |
| 断肠 | [ duàn cháng ] heartbroken, to break one's heart |
| 断腿 | [ duàn tuǐ ] broken leg |
| 断行 | [ duàn háng ] line break (computing) |
| 断行 | [ duàn xíng ] to carry out resolutely |
| 断袖 | [ duàn xiù ] homosexual, see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3] |
| 断袖之癖 | [ duàn xiù zhī pǐ ] lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. |
| 断裂 | [ duàn liè ] fracture, rupture, to break apart |
| 断裂带 | [ duàn liè daì ] fault zone (geology) |
| 断裂强度 | [ duàn liè qiáng dù ] rupture strength, breaking strength |
| 断裂模数 | [ duàn liè mó shù ] modulus rupture |
| 断言 | [ duàn yán ] to assert, assertion |
| 断语 | [ duàn yǔ ] conclusion, judgment, verdict |
| 断货 | [ duàn huò ] to run out of (stock) |
| 断路器 | [ duàn lù qì ] circuit breaker |
| 断送 | [ duàn sòng ] to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc), ruined |
| 断开 | [ duàn kaī ] to break, to sever, to turn off (electric switch) |
| 断电 | [ duàn diàn ] power cut, electric power failure |
| 断头台 | [ duàn toú taí ] guillotine, scaffold |
| 断食 | [ duàn shí ] to fast, hunger strike |
| 断魂椒 | [ duàn hún ] king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia) |
| 断点 | [ duàn diǎn ] breakpoint (computing) |
| ⇒ 一刀两断 | [ yī daō liǎng duàn ] lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom), fig. to make a clean break (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不断 | [ bù duàn ] unceasing, uninterrupted, continuous, constant |
| ⇒ 中断 | [ zhōng duàn ] to cut short, to break off, to discontinue, to interrupt |
| ⇒ 了断 | [ duàn ] to bring to a conclusion, to settle (a dispute), to do away with (oneself), to break off (a relationship), resolution (of a problem) |
| ⇒ 伤筋断骨 | [ shāng jīn duàn gǔ ] to suffer serious injury (idiom) |
| ⇒ 优柔寡断 | [ yoū roú guǎ duàn ] indecisive, irresolute |
| ⇒ 公断 | [ gōng duàn ] arbitration (law) |
| ⇒ 切断 | [ qiē duàn ] to cut off, to sever |
| ⇒ 判断 | [ pàn duàn ] to judge, to determine, judgment |
| ⇒ 判断力 | [ pàn duàn lì ] ability to judge, judgment |
| ⇒ 判断语 | [ pàn duàn yǔ ] predicate |
| ⇒ 剪断 | [ jiǎn duàn ] to cut, to snip |
| ⇒ 割断 | [ gē duàn ] to cut off, to sever |
| ⇒ 割袍断义 | [ gē paó duàn yì ] to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom), to break all friendly ties |
| ⇒ 反垄断 | [ fǎn lǒng duàn ] anti-trust legislation, anti-monopoly |
| ⇒ 反垄断法 | [ fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ ] anti-trust law, legislation again monopolies |
| ⇒ 喝断片 | [ hē duàn piàn ] to get blackout drunk (slang) |
| ⇒ 垄断 | [ lǒng duàn ] to enjoy market dominance, to monopolize |
| ⇒ 垄断贩卖 | [ lǒng duàn fàn maì ] monopoly |
| ⇒ 多谋善断 | [ duō moú shàn duàn ] resourceful and decisive, resolute and sagacious |
| ⇒ 夹断 | [ jiā duàn ] to nip (i.e. cut short), to pinch off |
| ⇒ 妄断 | [ wàng duàn ] to jump to an unfounded conclusion |
| ⇒ 寡头垄断 | [ guǎ toú lǒng duàn ] oligopoly |
| ⇒ 审断 | [ shěn duàn ] to examine |
| ⇒ 专断 | [ zhuān duàn ] to act arbitrarily, to make decisions without consulting others |
| ⇒ 快刀断乱麻 | [ daō duàn luàn má ] lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation, cutting the Gordian knot |
| ⇒ 恩断义绝 | [ ēn duàn yì jué ] to split up, to break all ties |
| ⇒ 应机立断 | [ yìng jī lì duàn ] to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation |
| ⇒ 戒断 | [ jiè duàn ] withdrawal (from drugs) |
| ⇒ 截断 | [ jié duàn ] to break or cut in two, to sever, to cut off, (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc), to interrupt, (math.) to truncate |
| ⇒ 打断 | [ dǎ duàn ] to interrupt, to break off, to break (a bone) |
| ⇒ 投鞭断流 | [ toú biān duàn liú ] arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army |
| ⇒ 折断 | [ zhé duàn ] to snap sth off, to break |
| ⇒ 拗断 | [ aǒ duàn ] to break by twisting |
| ⇒ 掐断 | [ qiā duàn ] to nip off (with fingernails etc), (fig.) to cut off (supply etc), to disconnect |
| ⇒ 挂断 | [ guà duàn ] to hang up (a phone) |
| ⇒ 接连不断 | [ jiē lián bù duàn ] in unbroken succession (idiom) |
| ⇒ 推断 | [ tuī duàn ] to infer, to deduce, to predict, to extrapolate |
| ⇒ 摔断 | [ duàn ] to fall and break, to break (bones) by falling |
| ⇒ 擅断 | [ shàn duàn ] arbitrary |
| ⇒ 斩断 | [ zhǎn duàn ] to cut off, to chop sth in half |
| ⇒ 断断续续 | [ duàn duàn xù xù ] intermittent, off and on, discontinuous, stop-go, stammering, disjointed, inarticulate |
| ⇒ 时断时续 | [ shí duàn shí xù ] stopping and starting, intermittent, sporadic, on and off |
| ⇒ 果断 | [ guǒ duàn ] firm, decisive |
| ⇒ 柔肠寸断 | [ roú cháng cùn duàn ] lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short, broken-hearted (idiom) |
| ⇒ 横断 | [ héng duàn ] to cross (a road, an ocean etc), to cut across |
| ⇒ 横断山脉 | [ héng duàn shān maì ] Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet |
| ⇒ 横断步道 | [ héng duàn bù daò ] pedestrian crossing |
| ⇒ 横断物 | [ héng duàn wù ] transverse object |
| ⇒ 横断面 | [ héng duàn miàn ] horizontal section |
| ⇒ 正断层 | [ zhèng duàn céng ] normal fault (geology) |
| ⇒ 正电子断层 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ duàn céng ] PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) |
| ⇒ 正电子照射断层摄影 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ zhaò shè duàn céng shè yǐng ] positrion emission tomography (PET) |
| ⇒ 正电子发射断层照相术 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhaò xiāng shù ] positron emission tomography (PET) |
| ⇒ 正电子发射计算机断层 | [ zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè jì suàn jī duàn céng ] PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) |
| ⇒ 武断 | [ wǔ duàn ] arbitrary, subjective, dogmatic |
| ⇒ 残垣断壁 | [ cán yuán duàn bì ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| ⇒ 决断 | [ jué duàn ] to make a decision, resolution, decisiveness, resolute |
| ⇒ 清官难断家务事 | [ qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì ] even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb) |
| ⇒ 源源不断 | [ yuán yuán bù duàn ] a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream |
| ⇒ 熔断 | [ róng duàn ] (of fuse wire) to melt, to blow |
| ⇒ 熔断机制 | [ róng duàn jī zhì ] (finance) trading curb, circuit breaker |
| ⇒ 熔断丝 | [ róng duàn sī ] fuse wire |
| ⇒ 片断 | [ piàn duàn ] section, fragment, segment |
| ⇒ 独断 | [ dú duàn ] to decide alone without consultation, arbitrary, dictatorial |
| ⇒ 独断专行 | [ dú duàn zhuān xíng ] to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action, a law unto oneself |
| ⇒ 独断独行 | [ dú duàn dú xíng ] to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action, a law unto oneself |
| ⇒ 当断则断 | [ dāng duàn zé duàn ] to make a decision when it's time to decide |
| ⇒ 当断则断 | [ dāng duàn zé duàn ] to make a decision when it's time to decide |
| ⇒ 当断即断 | [ dāng duàn jí duàn ] not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed |
| ⇒ 当断即断 | [ dāng duàn jí duàn ] not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed |
| ⇒ 当机立断 | [ dāng jī lì duàn ] to make prompt decisions (idiom) |
| ⇒ 眼穿肠断 | [ yǎn chuān cháng duàn ] waiting anxiously (idiom) |
| ⇒ 砍断 | [ kǎn duàn ] to chop off |
| ⇒ 纵断面 | [ zòng duàn miàn ] vertical section, longitudinal section |
| ⇒ 圣安地列斯断层 | [ shèng ān de liè sī duàn céng ] San Andreas Fault, California, also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层 |
| ⇒ 圣安德列斯断层 | [ shèng ān dé liè sī duàn céng ] San Andreas Fault, California |
| ⇒ 听断 | [ tīng duàn ] to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court), to hear and decide |
| ⇒ 肝肠寸断 | [ gān cháng cùn duàn ] lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom), fig. grief-stricken |
| ⇒ 臆断 | [ yì duàn ] to assume, assumption |
| ⇒ 自行了断 | [ zì xíng duàn ] to take one's life |
| ⇒ 英明果断 | [ yīng míng guǒ duàn ] wise and resolute |
| ⇒ 藕断丝连 | [ oǔ duàn sī lián ] lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another |
| ⇒ 冲断层 | [ chōng duàn céng ] thrust fault (geology), compression fault |
| ⇒ 裁断 | [ caí duàn ] to consider and decide |
| ⇒ 计算机断层 | [ jì suàn jī duàn céng ] CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method) |
| ⇒ 诊断 | [ zhěn duàn ] diagnosis, to diagnose |
| ⇒ 评断 | [ píng duàn ] to judge |
| ⇒ 词汇判断 | [ cí huì pàn duàn ] lexical decision |
| ⇒ 词汇判断任务 | [ cí huì pàn duàn rèn wu ] lexical decision task (psychology) |
| ⇒ 词汇判断作业 | [ cí huì pàn duàn zuò yè ] lexical decision task |
| ⇒ 词汇判断法 | [ cí huì pàn duàn fǎ ] lexical decision task |
| ⇒ 论断 | [ lùn duàn ] to infer, to judge, inference, judgment, conclusion |
| ⇒ 识文断字 | [ shí wén duàn zì ] literate, a cultured person |
| ⇒ 买断 | [ maǐ duàn ] to buy out, buyout, severance |
| ⇒ 走向断层 | [ zoǔ xiàng duàn céng ] strike fault (geology) |
| ⇒ 走向滑动断层 | [ zoǔ xiàng huá dòng duàn céng ] strike-slip fault (geology), fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another |
| ⇒ 跌断 | [ diē duàn ] to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc) |
| ⇒ 转换断层 | [ zhuǎn huàn duàn céng ] transform fault (geology) |
| ⇒ 逆断层 | [ nì duàn céng ] reverse fault (geology), compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees |
| ⇒ 连续不断 | [ lián xù bù duàn ] continuous, unceasing |
| ⇒ 逸尘断鞅 | [ yì chén duàn yāng ] lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness, fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) |
| ⇒ 遮断 | [ zhē duàn ] to cut off, to interrupt, to prevent access |
| ⇒ 长流水，不断线 | [ cháng liú shuǐ bù duàn xiàn ] continuous and patient effort (idiom) |
| ⇒ 间断 | [ jiàn duàn ] disconnected, interrupted, suspended, a gap, a break |
| ⇒ 关断 | [ guān duàn ] to shut off |
| ⇒ 阻断 | [ zǔ duàn ] to block, to obstruct, to intercept, to interdict |
| ⇒ 隔断 | [ gé duàn ] partition, to stand between, wall or fence serving as partition |
| ⇒ 隔断板 | [ gé duàn bǎn ] partition board |
| ⇒ 电脑断层扫描 | [ diàn naǒ duàn céng saǒ ] CAT scan, CT scan |
| ⇒ 颓垣断壁 | [ tuí yuán duàn bì ] lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom), fig. scene of devastation, ruins |
| ⇒ 风波不断 | [ fēng bō bù duàn ] constantly in turmoil, crisis after crisis |
| ⇒ 点断式 | [ diǎn duàn shì ] designed to be torn off along a line of perforations |
| ⇒ 龙门山断层 | [ lóng mén shān duàn céng ] Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin |
| ⇒ 龙门断层 | [ lóng mén duàn céng ] Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin |
