端
HSK 6freq #2412
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) tip; end; extremity
- 2.(bound form) aspect; facet
- 3.(bound form) upright; proper
- 4.to hold sth level with both hands; to carry
- 5.to eliminate; to wipe out
- 1.old variant of 端[duān]
- 2.start
- 3.origin
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Wiktionary
- 1.to hold something level with hand
- 2.end; tip
- 3.beginning; start
- 4.upright; erect
- 5.decent; upright; proper
- 6.to wipe out; to destroy altogether
- 7.to put on airs; to act pretentiously
- 8.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 端 (MC twan)
- 9.a surname, Duan
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *toːn): semantic 立 + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
湯姆給我們端了茶。
Tom served us tea.
你的建議有點極端。
Your proposal is a bit extreme.
能不能请你拿着这端？
Will you please hold this edge?
為何如何？你疑問的當下就是科學的開端。
Science begins when you ask why and how.
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Derived terms
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