断

Pinyin: duàn

to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth

Example sentence

我的指甲断了。

Wǒ de zhǐjia duàn le.

I broke a nail.

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What 断 means

断 (duàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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