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端

duān

HSK 6 Character

What 端 means

1. bound formtip; end; extremity
2. bound formaspect; facet
3. bound formupright; proper
4. to hold sth level with both hands; to carry
5. to eliminate; to wipe out

Other readings

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

• duānold variant of {端|duān}; start; origin

Example sentences

• 别走极端。
  Don't go to extremes.
• 宇宙何以开端？
  What is the origin of the universe?
• 德国人诡计多端。
  Déguórén guǐjìduōduān.
  The Germans are very crafty.
• 端午节要赛龙舟。
  During the Dragon Boat Festival, there needs to be a dragon boat race.
• 你的建议有点极端。
  Nǐ de jiànyì yǒudiǎn jíduān.
  Your proposal is a bit extreme.
• 这是一个好的开端。
  Zhè shì yī gè hǎo de kāiduān.
  It's a good start.

Words starting with 端

• 端正duān zhèngupright; regular; proper
• 端午节Duān wǔ jiéDragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
• 端详duān xiángfull details; full particulars
• 端的duān dìreally; after all; details
• 端庄duān zhuāngdignified; composed
• 端坐duān zuòto sit upright
• 端上duān shàngto serve (food, tea etc)
• 端倪duān níboundary; clue; indication
• 端口duān kǒuinterface; port
• 端子duān ziterminal (electronics)
• 端方duān fāngupright; honest; proper
• 端然duān ránupright; finally; unexpectedly
• 端看duān kànto look at sth from a particular angle; to depend on (some attribute)
• 端站duān zhànend station
• 端线duān xiànend line; baseline (sports)
• 端面duān miànend face; end surface of a cylindrical object
• 端点duān diǎnend point (may refer to either end of sth with a start and an end); (math) endpoint
• 端到端duān dào duānend-to-end
• 端州区Duān zhōu QūDuanzhou, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇庆市
• 端架子duān jià zito put on airs
• 端系统duān xì tǒngend system
• 端到端加密duān dào duān jiā mìend-to-end encryption
• 端木Duān mùtwo-character surname Duanmu
• 端菜duān càito serve food

Words containing 端

• 极端jí duānextreme
• 弊端bì duānsystemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
• 争端zhēng duāndispute; controversy; conflict
• 尖端jiān duānsharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp
• 顶端dǐng duānsummit; peak
• 终端zhōng duānend; terminal
• 无端wú duānfor no reason at all
• 开端kāi duānstart; beginning
• 两端liǎng duānboth ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
• 南端nán duānsouthern end or extremity
• 前端qián duānfront; front end; forward part of sth
• 好端端hǎo duān duānperfectly all right; without rhyme or reason
• 云端yún duānhigh in the clouds; (computing) the cloud
• 异端yì duānheresy
• 末端mò duāntip; extremity
• 北端běi duānnorthern extremity
• 事端shì duāndisturbance; incident
• 发端fā duānto originate; to initiate; beginning; origin
• 报端bào duānin the newspaper(s)
• 东端dōng duāneastern extremity
• 变化多端biàn huà duō duānchangeable; changing; varied
• 不端bù duānimproper; dishonorable
• 中端zhōng duānmid-range; mid-tier; middle segment; the middle part
• 低端dī duānlow-end

Characters built on 耑

These share the phonetic component 耑 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 喘chuǎnto gasp; to pant; asthma
• 湍tuānto rush (of water)
• 颛zhuāngood; simple
• 遄chuánto hurry; to go to and fro

Characters that look like 端

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

• 瑞ruìlucky; auspicious; propitious
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 瑶yáojade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 赭zhěocher

Sounds the same

Read duān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 媏(used in female names) (old)
• 鍴(arch.) drinking goblet