寸斷

Chinese

		a unit of length	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (寸斷)		寸	斷
simp. (寸断)		寸	断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùnduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ dyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùnduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùnduàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-tuan⁴
    • Yale: tswùn-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuennduann
    • Palladius: цуньдуань (cunʹduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun³ dyun⁶
    • Yale: chyun dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³ dün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ tyːn²²/

Verb

寸斷

1. to be broken up into small pieces

Derived terms

• 肝腸寸斷／肝肠寸断 (gānchángcùnduàn)