"To break off" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 中断 | zhōng duàn | to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt |   |
| 停顿 | tíng dùn | to halt / to break off / pause (in speech) | |
| 断绝 | duàn jué | to sever / to break off | |
| 掰 |  bāi | to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) | |
| 打断 | dǎ duàn | to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) | |
| 中止 | zhōng zhǐ | to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue | |
| 擗 | pǐ | (literary) to beat the breast / to break off / to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc) | |
| 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) | |
| 撧 | juē | to break off / to snap | |
