section; paragraph; [measure word for stories, pieces of music, recordings etc.] (clf.)
HSK 3
Traditional
段 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
断 duàn - to break (v.) | HSK 5
Phonetically similar words
短 duǎn - short (adj.) | HSK 3
端 duān - end; extremity (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
这是一段很长的旅程。 Zhè shì yī duàn hěn cháng de lǚchéng. - This is a very long journey.
我想去散步，走走这一段路。 Wǒ xiǎng qù sànbù, zǒuzǒu zhè yī duàn lù. - I want to take a walk and walk this stretch of road.
我们住在这个城市的同一段街上。 Wǒmen zhù zài zhège chéngshì de tóng yī duàn jiē shàng. - We live on the same block of this city.
请注意，这一段路上有很多坑。 Qǐng zhùyì, zhè yī duàn lùshàng yǒu hěnduō kēng. - Please note that there are many pits on this stretch of road.
我们还有一段距离要走。 Wǒmen hái yǒu yī duàn jùlí yào zǒu. - We still have a distance to go.
Phrases
阶段 jiē duàn - section; stage; phase (n.) | HSK 5
不择手段 bù zé shǒu duàn - by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook () | HSK 6