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折断

zhéduàn

to snap sth off

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to snap sth off

02

to break

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 折断 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 折断 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我在一场交通意外中折断了腿。wǒ zài yī cháng jiāo tōng yì wài zhōng zhé duàn le tuǐ。

My leg was broken in a traffic accident.

「你知道你刚才折断的是什麽树吗？」我回答侦探：「不知道。」侦探透过敞开的门往里面看，喊道：「喂，你知道他刚才折断的是什麽树吗？」一个年轻女子的声音说：「嗯，看起来像是紫杉。」侦探坐直身子后，又问了我一遍：「你知道你刚才折断的是什麽树吗？」「nǐ zhī dào nǐ gāng cái zhé duàn de shì shén mó shù ma？」 wǒ huí dá zhēn tàn：「bù zhī dào。」 zhēn tàn tòu guò chǎng kāi de mén wǎng lǐ miàn kàn， hǎn dào：「wèi， nǐ zhī dào tā gāng cái zhé duàn de shì shén mó shù ma？」 yí gè nián qīng nǚ zǐ de shēng yīn shuō：「ń， kàn qǐ lái xiàng shì zǐ shān。」 zhēn tàn zuò zhí shēn zi hòu， yòu wèn le wǒ yī biàn：「nǐ zhī dào nǐ gāng cái zhé duàn de shì shén mó shù ma？」

"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"

竹子弯曲，却没折断。zhú zi wān qū， què méi zhé duàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 折断.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 折断.

Directly before

  • 刚才折断3
  • 中折断1
  • 没折断1
  • 被折断1

Directly after

  • 折断的3
  • 折断了2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 折断

What does 折断 mean in Chinese?

折断 (zhéduàn) means to snap sth off.

How do you pronounce 折断?

折断 is pronounced zhéduàn.

Is 折断 an HSK word?

折断 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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