Usage of the character 断

(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow
(fig.) to halt stock trading
(fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)

zhěnduàn

诊断

[診斷]

to diagnose

duàndài

断代

[斷代]

periodization (of history)

yìduàn

臆断

[臆斷]

to assume
assumption

bùduàn

不断

[不斷]

unceasing
uninterrupted
continuous
constant

duàn'àn

断案

[斷案]

to judge a case

mǎiduàn

买断

[買斷]

to buy out
buyout
severance

duànkāi

断开

[斷開]

to break
to sever
to turn off (electric switch)

duànjù

断句

[斷句]

to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing
to punctuate

zhēduàn

遮断

[遮斷]

to cut off
to interrupt
to prevent access

guǒduàn

果断

[果斷]

firm
decisive

duàncháng

断肠

[斷腸]

heartbroken
to break one's heart

duànhū

断乎

[斷乎]

certainly

duànyán

断言

[斷言]

to assert
assertion

zhéduàn

折断

[折斷]

to snap sth off
to break

guānduàn

关断

[關斷]

to shut off

diēduàn

跌断

[跌斷]

to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)

duànwěi

断尾

[斷尾]

(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail
(animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail

duàngōng

断供

[斷供]

to default on a mortgage
to stop supplying sth

duànwǎng

断网

[斷網]

to cut off access to the Internet; to shut down the Internet

duànliáng

断粮

[斷糧]

to run out of food

gēduàn

割断

[割斷]

to cut off
to sever

dúduàn

独断

[獨斷]

to decide alone without consultation
arbitrary
dictatorial

duànnǎi

断奶

[斷奶]

to wean

géduàn

隔断

[隔斷]

partition
to stand between
wall or fence serving as partition

jiāduàn

夹断

[夾斷]

to nip (i.e. cut short)
to pinch off

duàndùn

断顿

[斷頓]

to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity)

duànrán

断然

[斷然]

resolute
definitive
categorically
absolutely

guàduàn

挂断

[掛斷]

to hang up (a phone)

piànduàn

片断

[片斷]

section
fragment
segment

tīngduàn

听断

[聽斷]

to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)
to hear and decide

duànxù

断续

[斷續]

intermittent

jiànduàn

间断

[間斷]

disconnected
interrupted
suspended
a gap
a break

lùnduàn

论断

[論斷]

to infer
to judge
inference
judgment
conclusion

zhuānduàn

专断

[專斷]

to act arbitrarily
to make decisions without consulting others

zhǎnduàn

斩断

[斬斷]

to cut off
to chop sth in half

kǎnduàn

砍断

[砍斷]

to chop off

tuīduàn

推断

[推斷]

to infer
to deduce
to predict
to extrapolate

duànxiàn

断线

[斷線]

(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break
(of a tradition etc) to be discontinued
(telephone or Internet connection) disconnected
cut off

qiēduàn

切断

[切斷]

to cut off; to sever

duànyù

断狱

[斷獄]

to pass judgment on a legal case

shànduàn

擅断

[擅斷]

arbitrary

duàncéng

断层

[斷層]

fault (geology)
CL:道 (dào),個／个 (gè)
(fig.) gap
rupture (in the transmission of some skill)
(tomography) cross-sectional

duànmièlùn

断灭论

[斷滅論]

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

zhèngduàncéng

正断层

[正斷層]

normal fault (geology)

pànduànyǔ

判断语

[判斷語]

predicate

héngduànmiàn

横断面

[橫斷面]

horizontal section

róngduànsī

熔断丝

[熔斷絲]

fuse wire

duànhúnjiāo

断魂椒

[斷魂椒]

king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)

chōngduàncéng

冲断层

[衝斷層]

thrust fault (geology)
compression fault

duànlièdài

断裂带

[斷裂帶]

fault zone (geology)

héngduànwù

横断物

[橫斷物]

transverse object

duàncéngxiàn

断层线

[斷層線]

geological fault line

géduànbǎn

隔断板

[隔斷板]

partition board

Duànbèi Shān

断背山

[斷背山]

Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安 ( Lǐ An)

duànxiànqián

断线钳

[斷線鉗]

bolt cutter

duànyáshì

断崖式

[斷崖式]

(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous

nìduàncéng

逆断层

[逆斷層]

reverse fault (geology)
compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees

pànduànlì

判断力

[判斷力]

ability to judge
judgment

diǎnduànshì

点断式

[點斷式]

designed to be torn off along a line of perforations

duànshělí

断舍离

[斷捨離]

(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")

duàntóutái

断头台

[斷頭台]

guillotine
scaffold

duànlùqì

断路器

[斷路器]

circuit breaker

duànpiànr

断片儿

[斷片兒]

(coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout
to be unable to recall what one did while drunk

hēduànpiàn

喝断片

[喝斷片]

to get blackout drunk (slang)

fǎnlǒngduàn

反垄断

[反壟斷]

antitrust

zòngduànmiàn

纵断面

[縱斷面]

vertical section
longitudinal section

duànbìcányuán

断壁残垣

[斷壁殘垣]

lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
fig. scene of devastation
ruins

duànlièqiángdù

断裂强度

[斷裂強度]

rupture strength
breaking strength

Héngduànshānmài

横断山脉

[橫斷山脈]

Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet

yīdāoliǎngduàn

一刀两断

[一刀兩斷]

(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with

duàngǎngjuéhuáng

断港绝潢

[斷港絕潢]

to be unable to continue
to come to a dead end (idiom)

róuchángcùnduàn

柔肠寸断

[柔腸寸斷]

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
broken-hearted (idiom)

Lóngménduàncéng

龙门断层

[龍門斷層]

Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin

zìxíngliǎoduàn

自行了断

[自行了斷]

to take one's life

zhuǎnhuànduàncéng

转换断层

[轉換斷層]

transform fault (geology)

dúduànzhuānxíng

独断专行

[獨斷專行]

to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
a law unto oneself

duànlièmóshù

断裂模数

[斷裂模數]

modulus rupture

zǒuxiàngduàncéng

走向断层

[走向斷層]

strike fault (geology)

yìchénduànyāng

逸尘断鞅

[逸塵斷鞅]

lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness
fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)

yìngjīlìduàn

应机立断

[應機立斷]

to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation

yōuróuguǎduàn

优柔寡断

[優柔寡斷]

indecisive
irresolute

duànxiùzhīpǐ

断袖之癖

[斷袖之癖]

lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書／汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.

duànbìtuíyuán

断壁颓垣

[斷壁頹垣]