"To sever" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 断绝 | duàn jué | to sever / to break off |   |
| 切断 | qiē duàn | to cut off / to sever | |
| 断开 | duàn kāi | to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) | |
| 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 | |
| 割断 | gē duàn | to cut off / to sever | |
| 割裂 | gē liè | to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate | |
| 殊 |  shū | (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely | |
| 刌 | cǔn | (literary) to cut off / to sever | |
