间断

間斷

jiànduàn

verb HSK 7-9 #13,935

Meanings

1 to be interrupted
2 to be suspended
3 intermittent

Characters

to break; to cut off

Literally 'gap and break' — to be interrupted

Examples

他从未间断过锻炼。

Tā cóngwèi jiànduàn guò duànliàn.

He has never stopped exercising.

雨断断续续，时有间断。

Yǔ duànduànxùxù, shí yǒu jiànduàn.

The rain was intermittent, stopping from time to time.

Tips

usage

间断 is most commonly used in the negative: 从未间断 (never interrupted), 不曾间断 (never ceased). It implies continuity was broken.

Stroke Order

间 jiān

断 duàn