決斷

See also: 决断 and 決断

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (決斷)		決	斷
simp. (决断)		决	断

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juéduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ dyun³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-ton / kiat-ton
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koat-toàn / koat-toǎn

(Teochew, Peng'im): guag⁴ duang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juéduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéduàn
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-tuan⁴
  - Yale: jywé-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueduann
  - Palladius: цзюэдуань (czjueduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ dyun³
  - Yale: kyut dyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ dyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ dün³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tyːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-ton
  - Hakka Romanization System: gied` don
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ don⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² ton⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-ton
  - Hakka Romanization System: giad` don
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ don⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² ton⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-toàn
  - Tâi-lô: kuat-tuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koatdoaxn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tuan¹¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ tuan²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tuan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: kuat-tuǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guag⁴ duang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuak tuàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuak̚²⁻⁴ tuaŋ²¹³/

Verb

決斷

to decide; to make a decision

Synonyms

下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
判決／判决 (pànjué)
定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
決定／决定 (juédìng)
決心／决心 (juéxīn)
決意／决意 (juéyì)
決計／决计 (juéjì)
滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
狠心 (hěnxīn)

Noun

決斷

decision; judgement
ability to decide; decisiveness

Synonyms

(ability to decide):

毅力 (yìlì)
決斷力／决断力 (juéduànlì)

Adjective

決斷

decisive; having the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively

Synonyms

堅決／坚决 (jiānjué)
果斷／果断 (guǒduàn)
決然／决然 (juérán)
決絕／决绝 (juéjué)

Derived terms

決斷力／决断力 (juéduànlì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (決斷):

→ Japanese: 決断(けつだん) (ketsudan)
→ Korean: 결단(決斷) (gyeoldan)
→ Vietnamese: quyết đoán (決斷)