断 duàn

to break; to snap; to cut off

HSK 3 11 strokes Radical 斤 Ideograph 15 words

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米mǐrice, millet, grain 斤jīna catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd

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Using an axe 斤 to harvest grain 米.

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HSK 3 · 3

不断

bùduàn

unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous

断

duàn

to break; to snap; to cut off

判断

pànduàn

to judge; to determine; judgment

HSK 5 · 2

诊断

zhěnduàn

to diagnose

中断

zhōngduàn

to cut short; to break off; to discontinue

HSK 6 · 1

打断

dǎduàn

to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)

HSK 7–9 · 9

切断

qiēduàn

to cut off; to sever

断裂

duànliè

fracture; rupture; to break apart

果断

guǒduàn

firm; decisive

推断

tuīduàn

to infer; to deduce; to predict

垄断

lǒngduàn

to monopolize

间断

jiànduàn

disconnected; interrupted; suspended

断定

duàndìng

to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment

源源不断

yuányuánbùduàn

a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream

断断续续

duànduànxùxù

intermittent; off and on; discontinuous