段

Paragraph in Chinese: 段 (duàn)

duàn

paragraph

HSK 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1paragraph
  2. 2section
  3. 3segment
  4. 4stage (of a process)
  5. 5classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

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段

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ㄉㄨㄢˋ

duàn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 每人读一段。

    měi rén dú yí duàn。

    Read one sentence each.

  • 给我一段粉笔。

    gěi wǒ yí duàn fěn bǐ。

    Give me a piece of chalk.

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Related words

阶段

jiē duàn

stage

手段

shǒu duàn

method

地段

dì duàn

section

段落

duàn luò

phase

路段

lù duàn

stretch of road

片段

piàn duàn

fragment (of speech etc)

时段

shí duàn

time interval

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