Chinese Word Entry

斷弦

Simplified Chinese form: 断弦

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): duàn xián
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun6 jin4
Definitions:
  1. widowed

  2. lit broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony


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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
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Simplified Japanese form:

bowstring, chord, hypotenuse, string, crescent
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ (xián)
Cantonese: jin4
Japanese: ゲン (gen) / つる (tsuru)
Korean: 현 (hyeon)
Vietnamese: huyền
Variants
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