Pinyin: duàn

to break (off)

Example sentence

绳子断了。

Shéngzi duàn le.

The rope broke.

What 断 means

(duàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to break (off)”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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