HSK 6 · Verbs

端 duān “to carry (level with both hands)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 端 means

  1. to carry (level with both hands)
  2. end
  3. extremity
  4. (bound form) tip
  5. (bound form) aspect
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • facet
  • (bound form) upright
  • proper
  • to hold sth level with both hands
  • to carry
  • to eliminate

How to say 端

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale端duān1st tone, high and level

端 in a sentence

  1. 亲爱的，给客人端点咖啡吧。

    Qīn'ài de, gěi kèrén duān diǎn kāfēi ba.

    Darling, could you bring the guests some coffee?

    Sentence #4265178 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆给我们端了茶。

    Tāngmǔ gěi wǒmen duān le chá.

    Tom brought us tea.

    Sentence #13544365 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 能不能请你拿着这端？

    Néng bu néng qǐng nǐ ná zhe zhè duān?

    Could you please hold this end?

    Sentence #335484 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 端 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 端 (duān) with each of its parts in a different colour
端duāntip; end; extremity
  • 立stand · lìMeaning part
  • 耑specialisedSound part

立 hints at the meaning (stand); 耑 () hints at the sound. Compare it with duān.

How to write 端

端 14 strokes

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端 (duān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 端 (duān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 端

Words with 端

端正duānzhèng · upright极端jíduān · extreme争端zhēngduān · dispute尖端jiānduān · cutting-edge弊端bìduān · abuse端午节Duānwǔjié · Dragon Boat Festival

More words: Common Verbs

抵抗dǐkàng · to resist盯dīng · to stare at动手dòngshǒu · to start work东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions断绝duànjué · to break off对付duìfu · to deal with堆积duījī · to pile up对抗duìkàng · to resist

FAQs

端 (duān) means “to carry (level with both hands)” or “end”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duān: duān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 端 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 端 from the suggestions. Typing duan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
端 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.