HSK 6 · Adjectives

果断 guǒduàn “decisive” in Chinese

Traditional 果斷

What 果断 means

  1. decisive
  2. resolute
  3. firm

How to say 果断

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale果guǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale断duàn4th tone, falling

果断 in a sentence

  1. 我做事该果断。

    Wǒ zuòshì gāi guǒduàn.

    I should be more decisive.

    Sentence #334554 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 果断 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 果 (guǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
果guǒfruit
  • 田field · tián
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidFruit 田 growing on a tree 木.

The character 断 (duàn) drawn as one shape
断duànto break

断 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 果断

果 8 strokes · 断 11 strokes

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

Words related to 果断

Words with 果

水果shuǐguǒ · fruit苹果píngguǒ · apple如果rúguǒ · if果汁guǒzhī · fruit juice结果jiéguǒ · result效果xiàoguǒ · result果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)成果chéngguǒ · result后果hòuguǒ · consequences果然guǒrán · really

Words with 断

判断pànduàn · to judge断duàn · to break诊断zhěnduàn · to diagnose不断búduàn · unceasing断定duàndìng · to conclude断绝duànjué · to break off中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt垄断lǒngduàn · monopoly片断piànduàn · fragment

More words: Adjectives

广阔guǎngkuò · vast古怪gǔguài · strange孤立gūlì · isolated过度guòdù · excessive固有gùyǒu · inherent固执gùzhí · stubborn含糊hánhu · vague罕见hǎnjiàn · rare

FAQs

果断 (guǒduàn) means “decisive” or “resolute”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guǒduàn: guǒ with a 3rd tone, then duàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 果断 is written 果斷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoduan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 果断 from the suggestions. Typing guoduan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
果断 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.