斷絕

See also: 断绝 and 断絶

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (斷絕)		斷	絕
simp. (断绝)		断	绝
alternative forms		斷𠤉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ zyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôn-chhie̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toān-choa̍t / toǎn-choa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànjyué
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-chüeh²
    • Yale: dwàn-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannjyue
    • Palladius: дуаньцзюэ (duanʹczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ zyut⁶
    • Yale: tyúhn jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ jud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ t͡syːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôn-chhie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ton´ qied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ton¹ qiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰon²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯et̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-choa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-tsua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnzoat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan³³⁻²¹ t͡suat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuan²²⁻²¹ t͡suat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuan²²⁻²¹ t͡suat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan³³⁻¹¹ t͡suat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toǎn-choa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tuǎn-tsua̍t
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan²² t͡suat̚²⁴/

Verb

斷絕

1. to break off; to cut off; to sever

   斷絕關係／断绝关系  ―  duànjué guānxì  ―  to cut off relationship (with)

Synonyms

• 祝 (literary)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
• 隔斷／隔断
• 隔絕／隔绝 (géjué)
• 隔離／隔离 (gélí)

 

Derived terms

• 斷絕往來／断绝往来

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (斷絕):

• → Japanese: 断(だん)絶(ぜつ) (danzetsu)
• → Korean: 단절(斷絕) (danjeol)
• → Vietnamese: đoạn tuyệt (斷絕)