段 - duàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
9 strokes
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段

duàn

Definition

period (of time)
这段时间你哪儿也不能去!

You can't go anywhere during this period!
segment
section
part
paragraph
这段话是什么意思？

What does this paragraph mean?
stage (of a process)
classifier (for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (6)

锻

duàn

to forge; to discipline; wrought

satin

Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)

infertile egg

dried meat

coarse stone (used for whetstone)

Related words (44)

段子

duàn zi

item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch

rank; level

phase; time interval; paragraph; (written) passage

segmentation fault

middle section; middle period; middle area; mid-

segment

first part; front end; forepart; front segment; the preceding section

后段

hòu duàn

final part; rear; back end; final segment; the following section; last paragraph

aria (in opera)

section; district

(numeric, data) field

手段

shǒu duàn

method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick

时段

shí duàn

time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two hour divisions of the day

末段

mò duàn

final segment; last stage

桥段

qiáo duàn

scene; section; chapter; passage; bridge (i.e. transition)

款段

kuǎn duàn

(literary) pony; (of a horse) walking leisurely

wave band

fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)

line segment

network segment

leg of air or sea voyage

block

stage of a competition

身段

shēn duàn

a woman's physique; figure; posture on stage

阶段

jiē duàn

stage; section; phase; period

频段

pín duàn

(radio) band; frequency band

三段论

sān duàn lùn

syllogism (deduction in logic)

上坡段

shàng pō duàn

uphill section (of a race)

code segment

"eight pieces of brocade," a set of qigong exercises with assumed medical benefits

小段子

xiǎo duàn zi

short paragraph; news article

data segment

new level; higher plane

locomotive depot

at the present stage

in stages; step by step

不择手段

bù zé shǒu duàn

by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

alphabetic stage

time interval analysis

an emergency measure

high-handed (measures); with a heavy hand

prime time

logographic stage

lián xù yì mǎ jiē duàn

sequential decoding stage

Idioms (2)

一折两段

yī zhé liǎng duàn

to split sth into two (idiom)

告一段落

gào yī duàn luò

to come to the end of a phase (idiom)

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