專斷

Chinese

		for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (專斷)		專	斷
simp. (专断)		专	断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuānduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ dyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choan-toǎn / choan-toàn / choan-toān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuānduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuanduàn
    • Wade–Giles: chuan¹-tuan⁴
    • Yale: jwān-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanduann
    • Palladius: чжуаньдуань (čžuanʹduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ dyun³
    • Yale: jyūn dyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ dyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ dün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ tyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan-toǎn
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan-tuǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³ tuan²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan-toàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan-tuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoandoaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻²² tuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan-toān
    • Tâi-lô: tsuan-tuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoandoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan³³/

Verb

專斷

1. to make an arbitrary decision; to act arbitrarily

Synonyms

• 專擅／专擅 (zhuānshàn)
• 專輒／专辄 (zhuānzhé) (literary)
• 擅自作主 (shànzì zuòzhǔ)
• 獨斷／独断 (dúduàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (專斷):

• → Japanese: 専断(せんだん) (sendan)
• → Korean: 전단(專斷) (jeondan)

Adjective

專斷

1. peremptory; overbearing

Korean

Hanja in this term
專	斷

Noun

專斷 • (jeondan) (hangeul 전단)

1. Hanja form^? of 전단 (“arbitrary decision”).