HSK 3 · Common Objects

段 duàn “paragraph” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 段 means

  1. paragraph
  2. segment
  3. section
  4. stage (of a process)
  5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

How to say 段

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale段duàn4th tone, falling

段 in a sentence

  1. 每人读一段。

    Měi rén dú yí duàn.

    Everyone reads one paragraph.

    Sentence #3537973 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我没有时间翻译这段文字。

    Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān fānyì zhè duàn wénzì.

    I don’t have time to translate this passage.

    Sentence #9569029 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他在这儿住了有一段时间了。

    Tā zài zhèr zhù le yǒu yí duàn shíjiān le.

    He’s been living here for a while.

    Sentence #1426445 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 段 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 段 (duàn) drawn as one shape
段duànparagraph

段 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 段

段 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 段

Words with 段

阶段jiēduàn · stage不择手段bùzéshǒuduàn · by any means necessary

More words: Everyday Things

冰箱bīngxiāng · refrigerator层céng · mw for layers灯dēng · lamp电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email分fēn · divide根据gēnjù · according to公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park

FAQs

段 (duàn) means “paragraph” or “segment”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it duàn: duàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 段 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 段 from the suggestions. Typing duan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
段 is an HSK 3 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.