断绝 meaning in English

duànjué

to sever; to break off

Traditional 斷絕20 strokes

Meaning of 断绝

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

duànjué
  1. to sever; to break off

断绝 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā跟gēn他tā们men干gān脆cuì地dì断duàn绝jué来lái往wǎng了le。
He made a clean break with them.

Stroke order for each character

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断 duàn · to break · 11 strokes

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绝 jué · to cut short · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 断绝.

绝对juéduìabsolute; unconditional
不断bùduànunceasing; uninterrupted
判断pànduànto judge; to determine; judgment
拒绝jùjuéto refuse; to decline; to reject
绝望juéwàngto despair; to give up all hope
中断zhōngduànto cut short; to break off
诊断zhěnduànto diagnose
打断dǎduànto interrupt; to break off
绝大多数jué dàduōshùthe vast majority
切断qiēduànto cut off; to sever
灭绝mièjuéto become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely
推断tuīduànto infer; to deduce

Questions about 断绝

What does 断绝 mean?

断绝 (duànjué) means "to sever; to break off".

How do you write 断绝?

断绝 is made of 2 characters: 断 (11 strokes), 绝 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 断绝 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 断绝 is written 斷絕.