| 1 | 断 | 斷 | duàn | duan4 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | | |
| 2 | 断定 | 斷定 | duàn dìng | duan4 ding4 | to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment | | |
| 3 | 断言 | 斷言 | duàn yán | duan4 yan2 | to assert; assertion | | |
| 4 | 断绝 | 斷絕 | duàn jué | duan4 jue2 | to sever; to break off | | |
| 5 | 断裂 | 斷裂 | duàn liè | duan4 lie4 | fracture; rupture; to break apart | | |
| 6 | 断开 | 斷開 | duàn kāi | duan4 kai1 | to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch) | | |
| 7 | 断行 | 斷行 | duàn háng | duan4 hang2 | line break (computing) | | |
| 8 | 断子绝孙 | 斷子絕孫 | duàn zǐ jué sūn | duan4 zi3 jue2 sun1 | to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line | | |
| 9 | 断定时代 | 斷定時代 | duàn dìng shí dài | duan4 ding4 shi2 dai4 | to date sth. (linguistics) | | |
| 10 | 断交 | 斷交 | duàn jiāo | duan4 jiao1 | to end a relationship; to break off diplomatic ties | | |
| 11 | 断齑画粥 | 斷齏畫粥 | duàn jī huà zhōu | duan4 ji1 hua4 zhou1 | Broken bits of chopped porridge and painted porridge | | |
| 12 | 断货 | 斷貨 | duàn huò | duan4 huo4 | to run out of (stock) | | |
| 13 | 断魂椒 | 斷魂椒 | duàn hún jiāo | duan4 hun2 jiao1 | king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia) | | |
| 14 | 断乎 | 斷乎 | duàn hū | duan4 hu1 | certainly | | |
| 15 | 断断续续 | 斷斷續續 | duàn duàn xù xù | duan4 duan4 xu4 xu4 | intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate | | |
| 16 | 断电 | 斷電 | duàn diàn | duan4 dian4 | power cut; electric power failure | | |
| 17 | 断档 | 斷檔 | duàn dàng | duan4 dang4 | sold out; to be out of stock | | |
| 18 | 断代 | 斷代 | duàn dài | duan4 dai4 | periodization (of history) | | |
| 19 | 断肠 | 斷腸 | duàn cháng | duan4 chang2 | heartbroken; to break one's heart | | |
| 20 | 断层线 | 斷層線 | duàn céng xiàn | duan4 ceng2 xian4 | geological fault line | | |
| 21 | 断层 | 斷層 | duàn céng | duan4 ceng2 | fault (geology); Classifiers: 道 ; (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill); (tomography) cross-sectional | | |
| 22 | 断不可信 | 斷不可信 | duàn bù kě xìn | duan4 bu4 ke3 xin4 | absolutely incredible (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 断壁残垣 | 斷壁殘垣 | duàn bì cán yuán | duan4 bi4 can2 yuan2 | ruins of buildings (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 断背山 | 斷背山 | duàn bèi shān | Duan4 bei4 Shan1 | Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安 | | |
| 25 | 断背 | 斷背 | duàn bèi | duan4 bei4 | homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 断背山 , a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) | | |