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段 duàn

The Chinese measure word for sections and periods of time.

段 counts a part of something longer: a stretch of road, a passage of text or music, a period of time, a relationship.

  • 一段时间yí duàn shíjiāna period of time
  • 一段路yí duàn lùa stretch of road
  • 一段音乐yí duàn yīnyuèa piece of music

6 nouns that take 段

Most common first
音乐yīn yuèmusic时刻shí kètime; juncture历史lì shǐhistory文章wén zhāngarticle; essay诗歌shī gēpoem粉笔fěn bǐchalk

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.