Meaning
(surname); paragraph; section; segment
Chinese: 段落、部分；也可作量词。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “duan” becomes a different word in each tone. 段 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 阶段jiē duànstage; section; phase; period
- 手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill
- 不择手段bù zé shǒu duànby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- 片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
- 时段shí duàntime interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
Example Sentence
请读一读这段课文。Qǐng dú yi dú zhè duàn kè wén.Please read this passage of the text.
请Qǐngto ask读dúto read out一yione读dúto read out这zhèthis段duànparagraph课文kè wéntext。