| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 不斷 | 不断 | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant |
| 不間斷電源 | 不间断电源 | bù jiān duàn diàn yuán | uninterruptible power supply |
| 裁斷 | 裁断 | cái duàn | consider and decide |
| 詞彙判斷 | 词汇判断 | cí huì pàn duàn | lexical decision |
| 詞彙判斷法 | 词汇判断法 | cí huì pàn duàn fǎ | lexical decision task |
| 詞彙判斷任務 | 词汇判断任务 | cí huì pàn duàn rèn wù | lexical decision task |
| 詞彙判斷作業 | 词汇判断作业 | cí huì pàn duàn zuò yè | lexical decision task |
| 獨斷專行 | 独断专行 | dú duàn zhuān xíng | act in an arbitrary fashion |
| 斷 | 断 | duàn | absolutely; decidedly (in negative constructions); break; to judge |
| 斷層 | 断层 | duàn céng | geologic fault |
| 斷電 | 断电 | duàn diàn | power cut; electric power failure |
| 斷定 | 断定 | duàn dìng | (v) come to a conclusion |
| 斷斷續續 | 断断续续 | duàn duàn xù xù | (adv) intermittently; off and on manner; (adj) intermittent |
| 斷交 | 断交 | duàn jiāo | break off diplomatic relations |
| 斷絕 | 断绝 | duàn jué | sever; break off |
| 斷橋 | 断桥 | duàn qiáo | The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) |
| 斷然 | 断然 | duàn rán | (adv) determinedly |
| 斷袖之癖 | 断袖之癖 | duàn xiù zhī pǐ | Literally, "cut sleeve"; A euphemism for homosexuality, the phrase originates from a story of the emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) who was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. |
| 斷言 | 断言 | duàn yán | affirm; assertion |
| 割斷 | 割断 | gē duàn | (v) cut off; sever |
| 寡頭壟斷 | 寡头垄断 | guǎ tóu lǒng duàn | oligopoly |
| 果斷 | 果断 | guǒ duàn | firm; decisive |
| 橫斷面研究 | 横断面研究 | héng duàn miàn yán jiū | cross-sectional study |
| 橫斷物 | 横断物 | héng duàn wù | transverse object |
| 剪斷 | 剪断 | jiǎn duàn | shear |
| 壟斷 | 垄断 | lǒng duàn | enjoy market dominance; monopolize |
| 壟斷販賣 | 垄断贩卖 | lǒng duàn fàn mài | monopoly |
| 論斷 | 论断 | lùn duàn | inference |
| 判斷 | 判断 | pàn duàn | to decide; to determine |
| 片斷 | 片断 | piàn duàn | section; fragment; segment |
| 評斷 | 评断 | píng duàn | to judge; to decide |
| 掐斷 | 掐断 | qiā duàn | cut off; disconnect |
| 切斷 | 切断 | qiē duàn | cut off (a supply, etc.) |
| 雙頭壟斷 | 双头垄断 | shuāng tóu lǒng duàn | duopoly |
| 推斷 | 推断 | tuī duàn | to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate |
| 一刀兩斷 | 一刀两断 | yī dāo liǎng duàn | acting without dawdling in a straightforward manner; metaphor for severing relationship |
| 斬斷 | 斩断 | zhǎn duàn | (v) cut off |
| 遮斷 | 遮断 | zhē duàn | (v) cut off |
| 折斷 | 折断 | zhé duàn | snap |
| 診斷 | 诊断 | zhěn duàn | diagnosis |
| 診斷功能 | 诊断功能 | zhěn duàn gōng néng | diagnostic function |
| 正電子發射斷層照相術 | 正电子发射断层照相术 | zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhào xiāng shù | positron emission tomography (PET) |
| 中斷 | 中断 | zhōng duàn | to discontinue; to break off |
| 字彙判斷任務 | 字汇判断任务 | zì huì pàn duàn rèn wù | character decision task |
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