斷限

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	limit; bound
trad. (斷限)		斷	限
simp. (断限)		断	限

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ haan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiann
    • Palladius: дуаньсянь (duanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ haan⁶
    • Yale: dyuhn haahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ haan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ han⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² haːn²²/

Verb

斷限

1. (literary, historiography) to divide into periods; to periodize