斷線

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (斷線/斷綫)		斷	線/綫
simp. (断线)		断	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiann
    • Palladius: дуаньсянь (duanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ sin³
    • Yale: tyúhn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ siːn³³/

Verb

斷⫽線 (verb-object)

1. (literal, of a string, thread, line, etc.) to break
2. (literal, telephony, of a line) to break up; to cut off; to be dead
3. (figurative, of a relationship) to break off