斷句

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
trad. (斷句)		斷	句
simp. (断句)		断	句

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànjyù
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-chü⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannjiuh
    • Palladius: дуаньцзюй (duanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ geoi³
    • Yale: tyúhn geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ kɵy̯³³/

Verb

斷句

1. to pause at appropriate points when reading aloud Classical Chinese
2. to punctuate Classical Chinese text