打断

打斷

dǎduàn

verb HSK 6 #2,567

Meanings

1 to interrupt; to cut short
2 to break (physically)

Characters

to hit; to strike

to break; to cut off

To strike and break — to interrupt or physically break something.

Examples

请不要打断别人说话。

Qǐng bùyào dǎduàn biéren shuōhuà.

Please don't interrupt when others are speaking.

对不起，打断一下。

Duìbuqǐ, dǎduàn yīxià.

Sorry, let me interrupt for a moment.

他的腿被打断了。

Tā de tuǐ bèi dǎduàn le.

His leg was broken.

她的思路被电话打断了。

Tā de sīlù bèi diànhuà dǎduàn le.

Her train of thought was interrupted by a phone call.

Tips

usage

打断 most commonly means 'to interrupt' in conversation. The polite way to interrupt: 不好意思打断一下 or 抱歉打断一下.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

断 duàn