断 duàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 斤 — axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
断定
duàndìng
to conclude; to assert
Characters in this word
定 dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在缺乏完整数据之前，研究者不能轻易断定某种药物完全无效。 Zài quēfá wánzhěng shùjù zhīqián, yánjiūzhě bù néng qīngyì duàndìng mǒu zhǒng yàowù wánquán wúxiào. Before complete data is available, researchers cannot lightly conclude that a certain drug is entirely ineffective.
- 现在还不能断定是谁打碎了花瓶。 Xiànzài hái bù néng duàndìng shì shéi dǎsuì le huāpíng. We cannot yet determine who broke the vase.
- 根据脚印，警察断定小偷是从窗户进来的。 Gēnjù jiǎoyìn, jǐngchá duàndìng xiǎotōu shì cóng chuānghu jìnlái de. Based on the footprints, the police concluded that the thief came in through the window.
Related words
- 不断 búduàn continuously; nonstop
- 断 duàn to break; to cut off
- 判断 pànduàn to judge
- 诊断 zhěnduàn to diagnose; diagnosis
- 中断 zhōngduàn to interrupt; to break off
- 当机立断 dāngjīlìduàn to make a prompt decision; to act decisively
- 断断续续 duànduànxùxù intermittent; off and on
- 断绝 duànjué to cut off; to sever
- 断裂 duànliè to fracture; to break
- 断然 duànrán firm; resolute; absolutely
- 断章取义 duànzhāngqǔyì to quote out of context; to distort by taking out of context
- 果断 guǒduàn decisive; resolute