duàn

surname Duan

measure word HSK 3.0 · Band 3

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 阶段jiēduànstageB5
  • 手段shǒuduànmethodB5
  • 地段dìduànsectionB7
  • 段落duànluòphaseB7
  • 路段lùduànstretch of roadB7
  • 片段piànduànfragment (of speech etc)B7
  • 时段shíduàntime intervalB7

See it in sentences

课文的前三段我要多读几遍。

I need to read the first three paragraphs several times.

这段路不好走,慢一点儿。

This stretch of road is rough, slow down a bit.