"断" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 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 |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 断裂 | duàn liè | fracture / rupture / to break apart | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断定 | duàn dìng | to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断点 | duàn diǎn | (computing) breakpoint | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断然 | duàn rán | resolute / definitive / categorically / absolutely | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断绝 | duàn jué | to sever / to break off | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断开 | duàn kāi | to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断电 | duàn diàn | to experience a power outage / to have a power failure | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断言 | duàn yán | to assert / assertion | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断层 | duàn céng | fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断肠 | duàn cháng | heartbroken / to break one's heart | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断送 | duàn sòng | to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断奶 | duàn nǎi | to wean | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断气 | duàn qì | to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断桥 | Duàn Qiáo | The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断货 | duàn huò | to run out of (stock) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断续 | duàn xù | intermittent | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断崖 | duàn yá | steep cliff / crag / precipice | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断流 | duàn liú | to run dry (of river) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断腿 | duàn tuǐ | broken leg | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断球 | duàn qiú | (sports) to steal / to intercept the ball | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断档 | duàn dàng | sold out / to be out of stock | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断交 | duàn jiāo | to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断案 | duàn àn | to judge a case | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断代 | duàn dài | periodization (of history) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断语 | duàn yǔ | conclusion / judgment / verdict | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断食 | duàn shí | to fast / hunger strike | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断粮 | duàn liáng | to run out of food | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断片 | duàn piàn | fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断背 | duàn bèi | homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断顿 | duàn dùn | to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断供 | duàn gōng | to default on a mortgage / to stop supplying sth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断行 | duàn háng | line break (computing) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断乎 | duàn hū | certainly | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断句 | duàn jù | to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断码 | duàn mǎ | (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断灭 | duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断乳 | duàn rǔ | to wean / to be weaned / (TCM) to use medication to stop lactation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断生 | duàn shēng | (of food) to be cooked just until no longer raw | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断网 | duàn wǎng | to cut off access to the Internet / to shut down the Internet | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断尾 | duàn wěi | (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail / to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short / to dock the tail | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 断狱 | duàn yù | to pass judgment on a legal case | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 断路器 | duàn lù qì | circuit breaker | |
| 断背山 | Duàn bèi shān | Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1] | |
| 断头台 | duàn tóu tái | guillotine / scaffold | |
| 断发线 | breakwire | | |
| 断层面 | duàn céng miàn | fault plane | |
| 断层线 | duàn céng xiàn | geological fault line | |
| 断魂椒 | duàn hún jiāo | king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia) | |
| 断裂带 | duàn liè dài | fault zone (geology) | |
| 断裂区 | duàn liè qū | flaw | |
| 断灭论 | duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
| 断片儿 | duàn piàn r | (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout / to be unable to recall what one did while drunk | |
| 断舍离 | duàn shě lí | (neologism c. 2012) decluttering / minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 / "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go") | |
| 断头路 | duàn tóu lù | dead-end road / (fig.) impasse | |
| 断线钳 | duàn xiàn qián | bolt cutter | |
| 断言方 | duàn yán fāng | asserting party | |
| 断崖式 | duàn yá shì | (of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep / precipitous | |
| 断断续续 | duàn duàn xù xù | intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate | |
| 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 | |
| 断线风筝 | duàn xiàn fēng zhēng | a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) | |
| 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. | |
| 断章取义 | duàn zhāng qǔ yì | to quote out of context (idiom) | |
| 断奶食品 | weaning food | | |
| 断奶办法 | weaning practices | | |
| 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 | |
| 断层成像 | duàn céng chéng xiàng | computed tomography | |
| 断层活动 | duàn céng huó dòng | faulting | |
| 断层扫描 | duàn céng sǎo miáo | CT scan (computed tomography scan) | |
| 断层摄影 | duàn céng shè yǐng | computed tomography | |
| 断层作用 | duàn céng zuò yòng | faulting | |
| 断港绝潢 | duàn gǎng jué huáng | to be unable to continue / to come to a dead end (idiom) | |
| 断脊梁战 | duàn jǐ liáng zhàn | broken-back war | |
| 断裂冰隙 | duàn liè bīng xì | flaw polynya | |
| 断裂模数 | duàn liè mó shù | modulus rupture | |
| 断裂强度 | duàn liè qiáng dù | rupture strength / breaking strength | |
| 断瓦残垣 | duàn wǎ cán yuán | the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated | |
| 断垣残壁 | duàn yuán cán bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 断章取义 | duàn zhāng - qǔ yì | (idiom) to quote out of context | |
| 断裂火山边 | rifted volcanic margin | | |
| 断裂后沉积 | duàn liè hòu chén jī | post-rift sediment | |
| 断裂时沉积 | duàn liè shí chén jī | syn-rift sediment | |
| 断乳腹泻症 | duàn rǔ fù xiè zhèng | diarrhoea ablactatorum | |
| 断裂型大陆边 | rifted continental margin / rifted margin / divergent margin / extensional continental margin | | |
| 断绝外交关系 | duàn jué wài jiāo guān xì | breaking-off of diplomatic relations | |
| 断裂非火山边 | duàn liè fēi huǒ shān bian | rifted non-volcanic margin | |
| 断线引爆引信 | duàn xiàn yǐn bào yǐn xìn | breakwire-actuated fuse | |
| 断裂后不整合面 | duàn liè hòu bù zhěng hé miàn | post-rift unconformity | |
Approximate Results for 断 | ||||
| 不断 | bù duàn | unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant | | |
| 判断 | pàn duàn | to judge / to determine / judgment | | |
| 诊断 | zhěn duàn | to diagnose | | |
| 打断 | dǎ duàn | to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) | | |
| 垄断 | lǒng duàn | to monopolize | | |
| 中断 | zhōng duàn | to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt | | |
| 果断 | guǒ duàn | firm / decisive | | |
| 切断 | qiē duàn | to cut off / to sever | | |
| 片断 | piàn duàn | section / fragment / segment | | |
| 推断 | tuī duàn | to infer / to deduce / to predict / to extrapolate | | |
| 折断 | zhé duàn | to snap sth off / to break | | |
| 挂断 | guà duàn | to hang up (a phone) | | |
| 阻断 | zǔ duàn | to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict | | |
| 买断 | mǎi duàn | to buy out / buyout / severance | | |
| 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 | | |
| 决断 | jué duàn | to make a decision / resolution / decisiveness / resolute | | |
| 斩断 | zhǎn duàn | to cut off / to chop sth in half | | |
| 隔断 | gé duàn | partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition | | |
| 砍断 | kǎn duàn | to chop off | | |
| 论断 | lùn duàn | to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion | | |
| 间断 | jiàn duàn | disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break | | |
| 割断 | gē duàn | to cut off / to sever | | |
| 武断 | wǔ duàn | arbitrary / subjective / dogmatic | | |
| 剪断 | jiǎn duàn | to cut / to snip | | |
| 独断 | dú duàn | to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial | | |
| 横断 | héng duàn | to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across | | |
| 评断 | píng duàn | to judge | | |
| 臆断 | yì duàn | to assume / assumption | | |
| 专断 | zhuān duàn | to act arbitrarily / to make decisions without consulting others | | |
| 熔断 | róng duàn | (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) | | |
| 裁断 | cái duàn | to consider and decide | | |
| 遮断 | zhē duàn | to cut off / to interrupt / to prevent access | | |
| 公断 | gōng duàn | arbitration (law) | | |
| 拗断 | ǎo duàn | (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc) | | |
| 跌断 | diē duàn | to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc) | | |
| 关断 | guān duàn | to shut off | | |
| 夹断 | jiā duàn | to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off | | |
| 戒断 | jiè duàn | to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc) / withdrawal | | |
| 了断 | liǎo duàn | to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) | | |
| 掐断 | qiā duàn | to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect | | |
| 擅断 | shàn duàn | arbitrary | | |
| 审断 | shěn duàn | to examine | | |
| 摔断 | shuāi duàn | to fall and break / to break (bones) by falling | | |
| 听断 | tīng duàn | to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide | | |
| 妄断 | wàng duàn | to jump to an unfounded conclusion | | |
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| 判断力 | pàn duàn lì | ability to judge / judgment | |
| 反垄断 | fǎn lǒng duàn | to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust | |
| 横断面 | héng duàn miàn | horizontal section | |
| 纵断面 | zòng duàn miàn | vertical section / longitudinal section | |
| 早断奶 | early weaning | | |
| 冲断层 | chōng duàn céng | thrust fault (geology) / compression fault | |
| 点断式 | diǎn duàn shì | designed to be torn off along a line of perforations | |
| 隔断板 | gé duàn bǎn | partition board | |
| 喝断片 | hē duàn piàn | to get blackout drunk (slang) | |
| 横断物 | héng duàn wù | transverse object | |
| 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 | |
| 判断语 | pàn duàn yǔ | predicate | |
| 熔断丝 | róng duàn sī | fuse wire | |
| 诊断包 | zhěn duàn bāo | diagnosis kit | |
| 正断层 | zhèng duàn céng | normal fault (geology) | |
| 源源不断 | yuán yuán bù duàn | a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream | |
| 当机立断 | dāng jī lì duàn | to make prompt decisions (idiom) | |
| 连续不断 | lián xù bù duàn | continuous / unceasing | |
| 接连不断 | jiē lián bù duàn | in unbroken succession (idiom) | |
| 反垄断法 | fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ | antitrust legislation | |
| 残垣断壁 | cán yuán duàn bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 独断独行 | dú duàn dú xíng | to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself | |
| 恩断义绝 | ēn duàn yì jué | to split up / to break all ties | |
| 独断专行 | dú duàn zhuān xíng | to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself | |
| 多谋善断 | duō móu shàn duàn | resourceful and decisive / resolute and sagacious | |
| 肝肠寸断 | gān cháng cùn duàn | lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken | |
| 藕断丝连 | ǒu duàn sī lián | lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another | |
| 柔肠寸断 | róu cháng cùn duàn | lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom) | |
| 识文断字 | shí wén duàn zì | literate / a cultured person | |
| 投鞭断流 | tóu biān duàn liú | arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army | |
| 眼穿肠断 | yǎn chuān cháng duàn | waiting anxiously (idiom) | |
| 逸尘断鞅 | yì chén duàn yāng | lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) | |
| 一刀两断 | yī dāo liǎng duàn | (idiom) to make a clean break with / to have nothing more to do with | |
| 应机立断 | yìng jī lì duàn | to act on an opportunity (idiom) / to take prompt advantage of a situation | |
| 优柔寡断 | yōu róu guǎ duàn | indecisive / irresolute | |
| 中断服务 | break in service | | |
| 大陆断裂 | continental break-up | | |
| 地震断面 | seismic section / cross section / section | | |
| 空中遮断 | air interdiction | | |
| 纵断面图 | profile | | |
| 信号中断 | signal black-out / black-out | | |
| 转形断层 | transform fault | | |
| 岩浆断裂 | magmatic break-up | | |
| 判断余地 | margin of appreciation | | |
| 截断效应 | cut-off effect | | |
| 上冲断层 | upthrust | | |
| 横推断层 | transcurrent fault | | |
| 地层间断 | stratigraphic break / break / stratigraphic gap | | |
| 不断学习 | continuous learning | | |
| 遮断射击 | interdiction fire | | |
| 被动断裂 | bèi dòng duàn liè | passive rifting | |
| 病前诊断 | bìng qián zhěn duàn | donozology | |
| 产前诊断 | chǎn qián zhěn duàn | prenatal diagnosis | |
| 超声诊断 | chāo shēng zhěn duàn | ultrasonic diagnosis / diagnosis using ultrasonic scan | |
| 词汇判断 | cí huì pàn duàn | lexical decision | |
| 当断不断 | dāng duàn bù duàn | (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed | |
| 当断即断 | dāng duàn jí duàn | not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed | |
| 当断则断 | dāng duàn zé duàn | to make a decision when it's time to decide | |
| 多谋善断 | duō móu - shàn duàn | (idiom) resourceful and decisive / resolute and sagacious | |
| 风波不断 | fēng bō bù duàn | constantly in turmoil / crisis after crisis | |
| 割袍断义 | gē páo duàn yì | to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties | |
| 寡头垄断 | guǎ tóu lǒng duàn | oligopoly | |
| 横断步道 | héng duàn bù dào | pedestrian crossing | |
| 横断山脉 | Héng duàn shān mài | Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet | |
| 接连不断 | jiē lián - bù duàn | (idiom) in unbroken succession / continuous | |
| 垄断贩卖 | lǒng duàn fàn mài | monopoly | |
| 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 | |
| 熔断机制 | róng duàn jī zhì | (finance) trading curb / circuit breaker | |
| 伤筋断骨 | shāng jīn duàn gǔ | to suffer serious injury (idiom) | |
| 时断时续 | shí duàn shí xù | stopping and starting / intermittent / sporadic / on and off | |
| 识文断字 | shí wén - duàn zì | (idiom) able to read / literate | |
| 双头垄断 | shuāng tóu lǒng duàn | duopoly | |
| 颓垣断壁 | tuí yuán duàn bì | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins | |
| 延长断裂 | yán zhǎng duàn liè | extensional break-up | |
| 英明果断 | yīng míng guǒ duàn | wise and resolute | |
| 源源不断 | yuán yuán - bù duàn | (idiom) in an unending stream / continuous | |
| 展平断面 | zhǎn píng duàn miàn | datumized section / flattened section | |
| 诊断报告 | zhěn duàn bào gào | diagnostic report | |
| 诊断产品 | zhěn duàn chǎn pǐn | diagnostic product | |
| 诊断功能 | zhěn duàn gōng néng | diagnostic function | |
| 转换断层 | zhuǎn huàn duàn céng | transform fault (geology) | |
| 专家判断 | zhuān jiā pàn duàn | expert judgement | |
| 主动断裂 | zhǔ dòng duàn liè | active rifting | |
| 自然垄断 | zì rán lǒng duàn | natural monopoly | |
| 自行了断 | zì xíng liǎo duàn | to take one's life | |
| 走向断层 | zǒu xiàng duàn céng | strike fault (geology) | |
| 不间断电源 | bù jiān duàn diàn yuán | uninterruptible | |
| 测深横断面 | bathymetric section | | |
| 透视断块图 | fence diagram | | |
| 关节切断术 | disarticulation / exarticulation | | |
| 不间断巡逻 | standing patrol | | |
| 速度间断面 | velocity discontinuity / seismic discontinuity / seismic interface | | |
| 地震间断面 | velocity discontinuity / seismic discontinuity / seismic interface | | |
| 词汇判断法 | cí huì pàn duàn fǎ | lexical decision task | |
| 横断面研究 | héng duàn miàn yán jiū | cross-sectional survey / cross-sectional study / prevalence study | |
| 计算机断层 | jì suàn jī duàn céng | CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method) | |
| 快刀断乱麻 | kuài dāo duàn luàn má | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
| 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 | |
| 胸高断面积 | xiōng gāo duàn miàn jī | basal area | |
| 遮断攻击机 | zhē duàn gōng jī jī | interdiction and strike aircraft | |
| 正电子断层 | zhèng diàn zǐ duàn céng | PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method) | |
| DNA探针诊断法 | DNA probe-based diagnostic | | |
| 果断努力行动 | Operation Decisive Endeavour | | |
| 合成地震断面 | synthetic seismic section | | |
| 罗曼什断裂带 | Romanche Trench | |
