| duàn | absolutely/decidedly (in negative constructions)/break/to judge |
| 断 | to break to snap to cut off |
| 断七 | hold a service on the 49th day after one's death |
| 断乎 | certainly |
| 断事如神 | to decide matter with excellent judgement |
| 断井颓垣 | a scene of devastation |
| 断交 | break off diplomatic relations |
| 断代 | periodization (of history) |
| 断代史 | dynastic history |
| 断口 | fracture; Nick; rent; kerf |
| 断句 | to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing to punctuate |
| 断后 | bring up the rear; have no progeny |
| 断喝 | shout in haste |
| 断块山岭 | basin range |
| 断垄 | seedlingless ridges |
| 断垣残壁 | broken walls; debris; a ruin 2.descriptive of a desolate scene |
| 断壁 | dilapidated walls; cliff |
| 断壁残垣 | dilapidated walls; broken walls; crumbling walls and ruined curbs; in utter diapidation; ruins of some buildings |
| 断头 | decollation; broken ends; ends down; beheading |
| 断头台 | scaffold |
| 断奶 | to wean |