果斷

See also: 果断

Chinese

		fruit; result	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (果斷)		果	斷
simp. (果断)		果	断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǒduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² dyun³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó-toàn / kó͘-toǎn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gua² duang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǒduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǒduàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo³-tuan⁴
    • Yale: gwǒ-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guooduann
    • Palladius: годуань (goduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo² dyun³
    • Yale: gwó dyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² dyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo² dün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ tyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-toàn
    • Tâi-lô: kó-tuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koy'doaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuan²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-toǎn
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tuǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gua² duang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuá tuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵²⁻³⁵ tuaŋ²¹³/

Note: gua2 duang3 - Jieyang.

Adjective

果斷

1. firm; resolute; decisive

Synonyms

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• 堅決 / 坚决 (jiānjué)
• 決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
• 決然 / 决然 (juérán)
• 決絕 / 决绝 (juéjué)

 

Related terms

• 武斷／武断 (wǔduàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (果斷):

• → Japanese: 果(か)断(だん) (kadan)
• → Korean: 과단(果斷) (gwadan)
• → Vietnamese: quả đoán (果斷)