決斷

See also: 决断 and 決断

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (決斷)		決	斷
simp. (决断)		决	断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ dyun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-ton / kiat-ton
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koat-toàn / koat-toǎn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guag⁴ duang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéduàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-tuan⁴
    • Yale: jywé-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueduann
    • Palladius: цзюэдуань (czjueduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ dyun³
    • Yale: kyut dyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ dyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ dün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-ton
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied` don
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad<sup>5</sup> don<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² ton⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-ton
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad` don
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ don⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² ton⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-toàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdoaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ tuan²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-toǎn
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tuǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guag⁴ duang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuak tuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuak̚²⁻⁴ tuaŋ²¹³/

Verb

決斷

1. to decide; to make a decision

Synonyms

• 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
• 扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
• 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
• 決定／决定 (juédìng)
• 決心／决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意／决意 (juéyì)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)

 

Noun

決斷

1. decision; judgement
2. ability to decide; decisiveness

Synonyms

• (ability to decide):

• 毅力 (yìlì)
• 決斷力／决断力 (juéduànlì)

 

Adjective

決斷

1. decisive; having the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively

Synonyms

• 堅決／坚决 (jiānjué)
• 果斷／果断 (guǒduàn)
• 決然／决然 (juérán)

 

Derived terms

• 決斷力／决断力 (juéduànlì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (決斷):

• → Japanese: 決断(けつだん) (ketsudan)
• → Korean: 결단(決斷) (gyeoldan)
• → Vietnamese: quyết đoán (決斷)