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段 duàn — stretch, section (classifier for things with length)

duàn (fourth tone, falling)duan4

stretch, section (classifier for things with length)

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardmeasurenoun
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Meanings

  1. stretch, section (classifier for things with length)

    Cuts a length into portions: 一段路 a stretch of road, 一段时间 a period of time, 一段话 a passage of speech. It never measures a whole object — a whole road is 一条路.

    measure

  2. paragraph (of a text)

    noun

Example sentences

  • 这段路很长。這段路很長。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) duàn (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) cháng. (second tone, rising)···

    This stretch of road is long.

  • 请读一下第二段。請讀一下第二段。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) dú (second tone, rising) yíxià (second tone, rising) dì (fourth tone, falling) èr (fourth tone, falling) duàn. (fourth tone, falling)···

    Please read the second paragraph.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我在中国住了一段。

    Correct我在中国住了一段时间。

    段 is a classifier, so it needs the noun it is measuring. 一段 alone says "one section of —" and stops halfway.

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