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段duànmeasure word: section, stretch

Theme
Measure words
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
9
Syllable
duan

How 段 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

段 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

他讲了一段故事。

Tā jiǎng le yī duàn gùshì.

He told part of a story.

  • 他tāhe
  • 讲jiǎngto tell; to speak
  • 了lecompleted action marker
  • 一yīone
  • 段duànmeasure word: section, stretch
  • 故事gùshìstory

这段路很难走。

Zhè duàn lù hěn nán zǒu.

This stretch of road is hard to walk.

  • 这zhèthis
  • 段duànmeasure word: section, stretch
  • 路lùroad
  • 很hěnvery
  • 难nándifficult
  • 走zǒuto walk

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 短
  • 断
  • 端