段 duàn in a sentence
Section (paragraph - piece - part - duration - during)
段 (duàn) means Section (paragraph - piece - part - duration - during). Below are 24 of the 65 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这 段 话我没听懂。
Zhè duàn huà wǒ méi tīngdǒng.
I didn't understand this passage.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 段
我们一起读这一 段 。
Wǒmen yìqǐ dú zhè yí duàn.
Let's read this paragraph together.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 段
这个阶 段 最重要。
Zhège jiēduàn zuì zhòngyào.
This stage is the most important.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阶段
请把这 段 念一遍。
Qǐng bǎ zhè duàn niàn yí biàn.
Please read this passage out once.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 念
这 段 文字很难懂。
Zhè duàn wénzì hěn nán dǒng.
This passage of text is hard to understand.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 文字
这 段 对话很有意思。
Zhè duàn duìhuà hěn yǒu yìsi.
This dialogue is very interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 对话
请把这 段 话抄一遍。
Qǐng bǎ zhè duàn huà chāo yí biàn.
Please copy out this passage once.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 抄
工作进入了新阶 段 。
Gōngzuò jìnrù le xīn jiēduàn.
The work has entered a new phase.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阶段
请听一下这 段 录音。
Qǐng tīng yíxià zhè duàn lùyīn.
Please listen to this recording.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 录音
那 段 日子非常痛苦。
Nà duàn rìzi fēicháng tòngkǔ.
That period was extremely painful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 痛苦
他很享受这 段 时间。
Tā hěn xiǎngshòu zhè duàn shíjiān.
He is really enjoying this time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 享受
我很在乎这 段 友谊。
Wǒ hěn zàihu zhè duàn yǒuyì.
I care a lot about this friendship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 在乎
他很珍惜这 段 友谊。
Tā hěn zhēnxī zhè duàn yǒuyì.
He values this friendship highly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 珍惜
合同还在起草阶 段 。
Hétong hái zài qǐ cǎo jiēduàn.
The contract is still at the drafting stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起草
那 段 时光让人怀念。
Nà duàn shíguāng ràng rén huáiniàn.
Those days are worth remembering fondly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 时光
这 段 舞蹈非常优美。
Zhè duàn wǔdǎo fēicháng yōuměi.
This dance is extremely graceful.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舞蹈
这 段 旋律非常动听。
Zhè duàn xuánlǜ fēicháng dòngtīng.
This melody is very beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旋律
我正在编辑这 段 视频。
Wǒ zhèngzài biānjí zhè duàn shìpín.
I am editing this video clip.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 编辑
这 段 山路又窄又陡峭。
Zhè duàn shānlù yòu zhǎi yòu dǒuqiào.
This stretch of mountain path is both narrow and steep.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陡峭
这只是一个过渡阶 段 。
Zhè zhǐshì yí ge guòdù jiēduàn.
This is only a transitional stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过渡
Reading these is one thing; producing 段 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
很长一 段 时间,我不会说“不”。
hěn cháng / zhǎng yī duàn shíjiān, wǒ bùhuì shuō" bù".
For a long time I couldn't say no.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
段 appears in 65 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 段
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 段
How is 段 used in a sentence?
This page shows 65 sentences using 段 (duàn, "Section (paragraph - piece - part - duration - during)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 段 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 段 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 段 an HSK word?
Yes — 段 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 段?
The dictionary page for 段 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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