断
duàn HSK3

sever

断 (斷) duàn
break verb
to break or snap into pieces, especially for long or thin objects

绳子断成两截了。

shéng​zi duàn chéng liǎng jié le.

The rope snapped into two pieces.

cease verb
to come to an end; to stop continuing, especially referring to a lineage or inheritance.

如果这一代没有后代，他们家的香火就断了。

rú​guǒ zhè yī dài méi​yǒu hòu​dài, tā​men jiā de xiāng​huǒ jiù duàn le.

If this generation has no offspring, their family lineage will be cut off.

judge verb
to judge, decide, or determine a matter

此事很难断定谁对谁错。

cǐ shì hěn nán duàn dìng shéi duì shéi cuò.

It is difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong in this matter.

absolutely adverb
absolutely, definitely, or decidedly (usually used in the negative)

你提出的要求断不可行。

nǐ tí​chū de yāo​qiú duàn bù kě​xíng.

The request you made is absolutely unfeasible.

abstain verb
to give up, quit, or abstain from a habit or substance

医生建议他立刻断了烟。

yī​shēng jiàn​yì tā lì​kè duàn le yān.

The doctor advised him to quit smoking immediately.

Frequency
Character
Written text
434th most common 502.5 per million
Movie subtitles
683rd most common 194.0 per million appears in 64% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
67.0 per million appears in 24% of films
Written text
59.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
斷
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+65AD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)