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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
判断 pànduàn	判断 \| 判断* \| *判断	to judge / to determine / judgment	判斷 HSK 4


断 duàn	断 \| 断* \| *断	to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly	斷 HSK 5


诊断 zhěnduàn	诊断 \| 诊断* \| *诊断	diagnosis / to diagnose	診斷 HSK 5


中断 zhōngduàn	中断 \| 中断* \| *中断	to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt	中斷 HSK 6


果断 guǒduàn	果断 \| 果断* \| *果断	firm / decisive	果斷 HSK 6


垄断 lǒngduàn	垄断 \| 垄断* \| *垄断	to monopolize	壟斷 HSK 6


断定 duàndìng	断定 \| 断定* \| *断定	to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment	斷定 HSK 6


断绝 duànjué	断绝 \| 断绝* \| *断绝	to sever; to break off	斷絕 HSK 6


片断 piànduàn	片断 \| 片断* \| *片断	section / fragment / segment	片斷 HSK 6


不断 bùduàn	不断 \| 不断* \| *不断	unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant	不斷


断然 duànrán	断然 \| 断然* \| *断然	resolute / definitive / categorically / absolutely	斷然


断货 duànhuò	断货 \| 断货* \| *断货	to run out of (stock)	斷貨


切断 qiēduàn	切断 \| 切断* \| *切断	to cut off / to sever	切斷


熔断 róngduàn	熔断 \| 熔断* \| *熔断	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow	熔斷


断桥 Duàn Qiáo	断桥 \| 断桥* \| *断桥	The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)	斷橋


阻断 zǔduàn	阻断 \| 阻断* \| *阻断	to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict	阻斷


横断 héngduàn	横断 \| 横断* \| *横断	to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across	橫斷


打断 dǎduàn	打断 \| 打断* \| *打断	to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)	打斷


断言 duànyán	断言 \| 断言* \| *断言	to assert / assertion	斷言


断裂 duànliè	断裂 \| 断裂* \| *断裂	fracture / rupture / to break apart	斷裂


裁断 cáiduàn	裁断 \| 裁断* \| *裁断	to consider and decide	裁斷


隔断 géduàn	隔断 \| 隔断* \| *隔断	partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition	隔斷


间断 jiànduàn	间断 \| 间断* \| *间断	disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break	間斷


断开 duànkāi	断开 \| 断开* \| *断开	to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)	斷開


断电 duàndiàn	断电 \| 断电* \| *断电	power cut / electric power failure	斷電


源源不断 yuányuánbùduàn	源源不断 \| 源源不断* \| *源源不断	a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream	源源不斷


推断 tuīduàn	推断 \| 推断* \| *推断	to infer / to deduce / to predict / to extrapolate	推斷


独断 dúduàn	独断 \| 独断* \| *独断	to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial	獨斷


断片 duànpiàn	断片 \| 断片* \| *断片	fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing	斷片


斩断 zhǎnduàn	斩断 \| 斩断* \| *斩断	to cut off / to chop sth in half	斬斷


买断 mǎiduàn	买断 \| 买断* \| *买断	to buy out / buyout / severance	買斷


断崖 duànyá	断崖 \| 断崖* \| *断崖	steep cliff / crag / precipice	斷崖


断层 duàncéng	断层 \| 断层* \| *断层	fault (geology) / CL: 道, 個｜个 / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional	斷層


断交 duànjiāo	断交 \| 断交* \| *断交	to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties	斷交


断奶 duànnǎi	断奶 \| 断奶* \| *断奶	to wean	斷奶


断点 duàndiǎn	断点 \| 断点* \| *断点	breakpoint (computing)	斷點


断断续续 duànduànxùxù	断断续续 \| 断断续续* \| *断断续续	intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate	斷斷續續


折断 zhéduàn	折断 \| 折断* \| *折断	to snap sth off / to break	折斷


决断 juéduàn	决断 \| 决断* \| *决断	to make a decision / resolution / decisiveness / resolute	決斷


时断时续 shíduànshíxù	时断时续 \| 时断时续* \| *时断时续	stopping and starting / intermittent / sporadic / on and off	時斷時續


断食 duànshí	断食 \| 断食* \| *断食	to fast / hunger strike	斷食


断线 duànxiàn	断线 \| 断线* \| *断线	(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off	斷線


截断 jiéduàn	截断 \| 截断* \| *截断	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	截斷


断气 duànqì	断气 \| 断气* \| *断气	to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply	斷氣


断送 duànsòng	断送 \| 断送* \| *断送	to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined	斷送


论断 lùnduàn	论断 \| 论断* \| *论断	to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion	論斷


断句 duànjù	断句 \| 断句* \| *断句	to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate	斷句


当机立断 dāngjīlìduàn	当机立断 \| 当机立断* \| *当机立断	to make prompt decisions (idiom)	當機立斷


断肠 duàncháng	断肠 \| 断肠* \| *断肠	heartbroken / to break one's heart	斷腸


断档 duàndàng	断档 \| 断档* \| *断档	sold out / to be out of stock	斷檔


断章取义 duànzhāngqǔyì	断章取义 \| 断章取义* \| *断章取义	to quote out of context (idiom)	斷章取義


了断 liǎoduàn	了断 \| 了断* \| *了断	to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)	了斷


割断 gēduàn	割断 \| 割断* \| *割断	to cut off / to sever	割斷


接连不断 jiēliánbùduàn	接连不断 \| 接连不断* \| *接连不断	in unbroken succession (idiom)	接連不斷


寡头垄断 guǎtóulǒngduàn	寡头垄断 \| 寡头垄断* \| *寡头垄断	oligopoly	寡頭壟斷


纵断面 zòngduànmiàn	纵断面 \| 纵断面* \| *纵断面	vertical section / longitudinal section	縱斷面


横断山脉 Héngduànshānmài	横断山脉 \| 横断山脉* \| *横断山脉	Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet	橫斷山脈


优柔寡断 yōuróuguǎduàn	优柔寡断 \| 优柔寡断* \| *优柔寡断	indecisive / irresolute	優柔寡斷


武断 wǔduàn	武断 \| 武断* \| *武断	arbitrary / subjective / dogmatic	武斷


断流 duànliú	断流 \| 断流* \| *断流	to run dry (of river)	斷流


断行 duànháng	断行 \| 断行* \| *断行	line break (computing)	斷行


断行 duànxíng	断行 \| 断行* \| *断行	to carry out resolutely	斷行


断案 duàn'àn	断案 \| 断案* \| *断案	to judge a case	斷案


掐断 qiāduàn	掐断 \| 掐断* \| *掐断	to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect	掐斷


连续不断 liánxùbùduàn	连续不断 \| 连续不断* \| *连续不断	continuous / unceasing	連續不斷


一刀两断 yīdāoliǎngduàn	一刀两断 \| 一刀两断* \| *一刀两断	lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom) / fig. to make a clean break (idiom)	一刀兩斷


断子绝孙 duànzǐjuésūn	断子绝孙 \| 断子绝孙* \| *断子绝孙	to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line	斷子絕孫


横断面 héngduànmiàn	横断面 \| 横断面* \| *横断面	horizontal section	橫斷面


肝肠寸断 gānchángcùnduàn	肝肠寸断 \| 肝肠寸断* \| *肝肠寸断	lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken	肝腸寸斷


断腿 duàntuǐ	断腿 \| 断腿* \| *断腿	broken leg	斷腿


臆断 yìduàn	臆断 \| 臆断* \| *臆断	to assume / assumption	臆斷


独断独行 dúduàndúxíng	独断独行 \| 独断独行* \| *独断独行	to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself	獨斷獨行


残垣断壁 cányuánduànbì	残垣断壁 \| 残垣断壁* \| *残垣断壁	lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins	殘垣斷壁


藕断丝连 ǒuduànsīlián	藕断丝连 \| 藕断丝连* \| *藕断丝连	lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another	藕斷絲連


断壁残垣 duànbìcányuán	断壁残垣 \| 断壁残垣* \| *断壁残垣	lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins	斷壁殘垣


砍断 kǎnduàn	砍断 \| 砍断* \| *砍断	to chop off	砍斷


断粮 duànliáng	断粮 \| 断粮* \| *断粮	to run out of food	斷糧


评断 píngduàn	评断 \| 评断* \| *评断	to judge	評斷


断弦 duànxián	断弦 \| 断弦* \| *断弦	widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony	斷弦


专断 zhuānduàn	专断 \| 专断* \| *专断	to act arbitrarily / to make decisions without consulting others	專斷


断语 duànyǔ	断语 \| 断语* \| *断语	conclusion / judgment / verdict	斷語


断想 duànxiǎng	断想 \| 断想* \| *断想	brief commentary	斷想


断袖 duànxiù	断袖 \| 断袖* \| *断袖	homosexual / see 斷袖之癖｜断袖之癖	斷袖


当断不断 dāngduànbùduàn	当断不断 \| 当断不断* \| *当断不断	(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed	當斷不斷


剪断 jiǎnduàn	剪断 \| 剪断* \| *剪断	to cut / to snip	剪斷


逆断层 nìduàncéng	逆断层 \| 逆断层* \| *逆断层	reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees	逆斷層


断狱 duànyù	断狱 \| 断狱* \| *断狱	to pass judgment on a legal case	斷獄


识文断字 shíwénduànzì	识文断字 \| 识文断字* \| *识文断字	literate / a cultured person	識文斷字


颓垣断壁 tuíyuánduànbì	颓垣断壁 \| 颓垣断壁* \| *颓垣断壁	lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins	頹垣斷壁


独断专行 dúduànzhuānxíng	独断专行 \| 独断专行* \| *独断专行	to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself	獨斷專行


公断 gōngduàn	公断 \| 公断* \| *公断	arbitration (law)	公斷


妄断 wàngduàn	妄断 \| 妄断* \| *妄断	to jump to an unfounded conclusion	妄斷


断线风筝 duànxiànfēngzhēng	断线风筝 \| 断线风筝* \| *断线风筝	a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall	斷線風箏


断垣残壁 duànyuáncánbì	断垣残壁 \| 断垣残壁* \| *断垣残壁	lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins	斷垣殘壁


多谋善断 duōmóushànduàn	多谋善断 \| 多谋善断* \| *多谋善断	resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious	多謀善斷


拗断 ǎoduàn	拗断 \| 拗断* \| *拗断	to break by twisting	拗斷


柔肠寸断 róuchángcùnduàn	柔肠寸断 \| 柔肠寸断* \| *柔肠寸断	lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)	柔腸寸斷


投鞭断流 tóubiānduànliú	投鞭断流 \| 投鞭断流* \| *投鞭断流	arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army	投鞭斷流


断乎 duànhū	断乎 \| 断乎* \| *断乎	certainly	斷乎


挂断 guàduàn	挂断 \| 挂断* \| *挂断	to hang up (a phone)	掛斷

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