截断 截斷
截断 截斷 jié duàn ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ zit6 tyun5
- to break or cut in two
- to sever
- to cut off
- (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc)
- to interrupt
- (math.) to truncate
Stroke order
Practice writing
Draw 截 (1 of 2) — stroke by stroke.
Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.
More words with these characters
截
- 截止 jié zhǐ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˇ zit6 zi2 to end; to close
- 截至 jié zhì ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓˋ zit6 zi3 up to (a time)
- 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ zit6 jin4 bat1 tung4 entirely different
- 半截 bàn jié ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ bun3 zit6 half (of sth)
- 堵截 dǔ jié ㄉㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ dou2 zit6 to intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict
Show 15 more words with 截
- 截停 jié tíng ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ zit6 ting4 to intercept (a vehicle etc)
- 截取 jié qǔ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄩˇ zit6 ceoi2 to cut off a section of sth
- 截图 截圖 jié tú ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄨˊ zit6 tou4 (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
- 截塔 jié tǎ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄚˇ zit6 taap3 zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)
- 截夺 截奪 jié duó ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ zit6 dyut6 intercept
- 截尾 jié wěi ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄟˇ zit6 mei5 to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)
- 截屏 jié píng ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ zit6 ping4 (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
- 截击 截擊 jié jī ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧ zit6 gik1 to intercept (military)
- 截然 jié rán ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄢˊ zit6 jin4 sharply; distinctly; radically
- 截获 截獲 jié huò ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ zit6 wok6 to intercept
- 截瘫 截癱 jié tān ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄢ zit6 taan1 paraplegia
- 截稿 jié gǎo ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄠˇ zit6 gou2 (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
- 截线 截線 jié xiàn ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ zit6 sin3 intersecting line
- 截肢 jié zhī ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄓ zit6 zi1 amputation (medicine)
- 截距 jié jù ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩˋ zit6 keoi5 intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)
断 斷
- 不断 不斷 bù duàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ bat1 tyun5 unceasing
- 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄢˋ zung1 tyun5 to cut short
- 切断 切斷 qiē duàn ㄑㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˋ cit3 dyun6 to cut off; to sever
- 判断 判斷 pàn duàn ㄆㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ pun3 dyun6 to judge; to determine; judgment
- 垄断 壟斷 lǒng duàn ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ lung5 dyun6 to monopolize
Show 15 more words with 断 斷
- 打断 打斷 dǎ duàn ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ daa2 tyun5 to interrupt
- 推断 推斷 tuī duàn ㄊㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄢˋ teoi1 dyun3 to infer
- 断定 斷定 duàn dìng ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ dyun3 ding6 to conclude
- 断绝 斷絕 duàn jué ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ tyun5 zyut6 to sever; to break off
- 断裂 斷裂 duàn liè ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ tyun5 lit6 fracture
- 果断 果斷 guǒ duàn ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gwo2 dyun3 firm
- 诊断 診斷 zhěn duàn ㄓㄣˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ can2 dyun3 to diagnose
- 间断 間斷 jiàn duàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gaan3 dyun6 disconnected
- 断断续续 斷斷續續 duàn duàn xù xù ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄒㄩˋ tyun5 tyun5 zuk6 zuk6 intermittent
- 源源不断 源源不斷 yuán yuán bù duàn ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ jyun4 jyun4 bat1 dyun6 (idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
- 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ liu5 dyun6 to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)
- 公断 公斷 gōng duàn ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gung1 dyun3 arbitration (law)
- 剪断 剪斷 jiǎn duàn ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ zin2 tyun5 to cut
- 割断 割斷 gē duàn ㄍㄜ ㄉㄨㄢˋ got3 tyun5 to cut off
- 夹断 夾斷 jiā duàn ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄨㄢˋ gep6 tyun5 to nip (i.e. cut short)
Idioms with these characters
- 截长补短 截長補短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ zit6 coeng4 bou2 dyun2 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
- 斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhǎn dīng jié tiě ㄓㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ zaam2 deng1 zit6 tit3 lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
- 直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng ㄓˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄤˋ zik6 zit6 liu5 dong3 direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
- 残垣断壁 殘垣斷壁 cán yuán duàn bì ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ caan4 wun4 dyun6 bik1 lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 当断不断 當斷不斷 dāng duàn bù duàn ㄉㄤ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ dong1 tyun5 bat1 tyun5 (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
- 当机立断 當機立斷 dāng jī lì duàn ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ dong1 gei1 laap6 dyun6 to make prompt decisions (idiom)
Show 7 more idioms with 断 斷
- 断壁残垣 斷壁殘垣 duàn bì cán yuán ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 断壁颓垣 斷壁頹垣 duàn bì tuí yuán ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄩㄢˊ lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 断港绝潢 斷港絕潢 duàn gǎng jué huáng ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄤˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ dyun6 gong2 zyut6 wong4 to be unable to continue
- 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˇ dyun6 zau6 zi1 pik1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 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.
- 断垣残壁 斷垣殘壁 duàn yuán cán bì ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- 断章取义 斷章取義 duàn zhāng qǔ yì ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤ ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ dyun6 zoeng1 ceoi2 ji6 (idiom) to quote out of context
- 独断独行 獨斷獨行 dú duàn dú xíng ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ duk6 dyun6 duk6 hang4 to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action