段 (dyun6 | duan4) : section, paragraph, phase

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段

dyun6

duan4

[1] section; paragraph; phase; division
[2] grade; rank (in the game of weiqi)
[3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 殳 (#79)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

段

This word has been viewed 8188 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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一段時間 jat1 dyun6 si4 gaan1*3 yi1 duan4 shi2 jian1 = a period of time

手段 sau2 dyun6 shou3 duan4 = method; means

階段 gaai1 dyun6 jie1 duan4 = section; part; stage (level)

黃金時段 wong4 gam1 si4 dyun6 = primetime; peak period

現階段 jin6 gaai1 dyun6 xian4 jie1 duan4 = at the present stage

一段 jat1 dyun6 yi2 duan4 = length; passage; section

時段 si4 dyun6 = period of time

片段 pin3 dyun6 = extract; fragment; part; passage; segment; snatch

路段 lou6 dyun6 = a section of a highway

不擇手段 bat1 zaak6 sau2 dyun6 bu4 ze2 shou3 duan4 = by fair means or foul; unscrupulously; by hook or by crook 國

字段 zi6 dyun6 zi4 duan4 = (numeric, data) field

拼音階段 ping1*3 jam1 gaai1 dyun6 pin1 yin1 jie1 duan4 = alphabetic stage

地段 dei6 dyun6 di4 duan4 = section; district

綫段 sin3 dyun6 xian4 duan4 = line segment

不擇手段的 bat1 zaak6 sau2 dyun6 dik1 = unscrupulous 國

一段影片 jat1 dyun6 jing2 pin3*2 = footage

段落 dyun6 lok6 = a paragraph; a section; a phase; a stage

碎屍萬段 seoi3 si1 maan6 dyun6 sui4 shi1 wan4 duan4 = of a body to be chopped into ten thousand pieces

前詞彙階段 cin4 ci4 wui6 gaai1 dyun6 qian2 ci2 hui4 jie1 duan4 = pre-lexical stage

波段 bo1 dyun6 bo1 duan4 = wave band

正字法階段 zing3 zi6 faat3 gaai1 dyun6 zheng4 zi4 fa3 jie1 duan4 = orthographic stage

截段 zit6 dyun6 jie2 duan4 = [math.] intercept

八段錦 baat3 dyun6 gam2 ba1 duan4 jin3 = baduanjin, form of qigong

音段 jam1 dyun6 yin1 duan4 = sound segment

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 段
Unicode code for this character: U+6bb5 (off-site link)

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