断 (斷) duàn

  1. duàn adverb absolutely; decidedly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used in negative constructions in the sense of 绝对 (CED 2 '断' 2; Ci Yuan '断' 5; Kroll 2015 '断' 1a; NCCED '断' 7)
  2. duàn verb to judge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: twanH; in the sense of 判断 (CED 2 '断' 1; Ci Yuan '斷' 4; NCCED '断' 5; Kroll 2015 '斷' twanH 1; WN '斷' 4)
  3. duàn verb to severe; to break
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 折断 or 切 (CED 1 '断' 1; Ci Yuan '断' 1; NCCED '断' 1; Kroll 2015 '断' 1; WN '斷' 5; Unihan '斷')
  4. duàn verb to stop
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of stopping the supply or flow of something (CED 1 '断' 2; Kroll 2015 '断' 1b; NCCED '断' 2; WN '斷' 3)
  5. duàn verb to quit; to give up
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of stopping a habbit (CED 1 '断' 3; NCCED '断' 3)
  6. duàn verb to intercept
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '断' 4)
  7. duàn verb to divide
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 划分 (WN '斷' 1)
  8. duàn verb to isolate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 隔绝 (WN '斷' 2)

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