Chinese Word Entry

熔斷

Simplified Chinese form: 熔断

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): róng duàn
Definitions:
  1. (of fuse wire) to melt; to blow

  2. (fig) to halt stock trading

  3. (fig) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, eg for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)


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Chinese characters used in this word

fuse, melt, smelt, mold
Readings
Mandarin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ (róng)
Cantonese: jung4
Japanese: ヨウ (you) / と.ける (tokeru)、 と.かす (tokasu)、 いがた (igata)
Korean: 용 (yong)
Vietnamese: dong
Variants
Semantic variant form:

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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