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段

duàn

HSK 3 Character

What 段 means

1. paragraph
2. section
3. segment
4. stage (of a process)
5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

Other readings

段 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Duànsurname Duan

Example sentences

• 每人读一段。
  Read one sentence each.
• 给我一段粉笔。
  Gěi wǒ yī duàn fěnbǐ.
  Give me a piece of chalk.
• 我跟你说段历史。
  I am talking to you about history.
• 我和她有一段长谈。
  Wǒ hé tā yǒu yī duàn chángtán.
  I had a long talk with her.
• 我痛恨他的黄段子。
  Wǒ tònghèn tā de huáng duànzi.
  I really hate his dirty jokes.
• 我沿着河走了段路。
  I walked along the river.

Words starting with 段

• 段落duàn luòphase; time interval; paragraph
• 段子duàn ziitem of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch
• 段位duàn wèirank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
• 段数duàn shùrank; level
• 段子手duàn zi shǒusb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or…
• 段错误duàn cuò wùsegmentation fault
• 段氏Duàn shìa branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people
• 段玉裁Duàn Yù cáiDuan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 说文解字注
• 段荃法Duàn Quán fǎDuan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer
• 段祺瑞Duàn Qí ruìDuan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and…

Words containing 段

• 阶段jiē duànstage; section; phase
• 不择手段bù zé shǒu duànby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
• 手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
• 地段dì duànsection; district
• 时段shí duàntime interval; work shift; time slot
• 路段lù duànstretch of road; section of a highway or railway
• 片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
• 身段shēn duàna woman's physique; figure; posture on stage
• 年龄段nián líng duànage group
• 现阶段xiàn jiē duànat the present stage
• 告一段落gào yī duàn luòto come to the end of a phase (idiom)
• 阶段性jiē duàn xìngspecific to a particular stage (of a project etc); interim (policy etc)…
• 分段fēn duànto divide (sth) into sections; to segment
• 中段zhōng duànmiddle section; middle period; middle area; mid-
• 线段xiàn duànline segment
• 波段bō duànwave band
• 唱段chàng duànaria (in opera)
• 频段pín duàn(radio) band; frequency band
• 赛段sài duànstage of a competition
• 前段qián duànfront part (of an object); first part (of an event); previous paragraph
• 后段hòu duànfinal part; rear; back end
• 款段kuǎn duàn(literary) pony; (of a horse) walking leisurely
• 网段wǎng duànnetwork segment
• 高段gāo duànhigh-level (ability); advanced

Characters that look like 段

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 殷yāndark red

Sounds the same

Read duàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 锻to forge; to discipline; wrought
• 断to break; to snap; to cut off
• 缎satin
• 煅to calcine; variant of 锻
• 椴Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)
• 腶dried meat
• 簖bamboo fish trap
• 塅large area of flat terrain (used in place names)
• 毈infertile egg
• 碫coarse stone (used for whetstone)