Chinese Word Entry

斷線

Simplified Chinese form: 断线

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): duàn xiàn
Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun5 sin3
Definitions:
  1. (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break

  2. (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued

  3. (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected

  4. cut off


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Chinese characters used in this word

sever, cut off, interrupt
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ (duàn)
Cantonese: dyun6
Japanese: ダン (dan) / た.つ (tatsu)、 ことわ.る (kotowaru)、 さだ.める (sadameru)
Korean: 단 (dan)
Vietnamese: đoạn, đoán
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Simplified Japanese form:

line, track, thread, wire, clue
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ (xiàn)
Cantonese: sin3
Japanese: セン (sen) / すじ (suji)
Korean: 선 (seon)
Vietnamese: tuyến
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: 线
Semantic variant form: