断开

斷開
duànkāi
  1. to break
  2. to sever
  3. to turn off (electric switch)

CEDICT

  1. to break; to cut off
  2. to disconnect; to cut out
  3. to separate; to part

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Entry Composition

1 断 duàn
  1. to break
  2. to snap
  3. to cut off
  4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. to judge
  6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. definitely
  8. decidedly
2 开 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format

Related entries

折 zhé
  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book
折被子。

Fold the quilt.

Source: Tatoeba

拗断 ǎoduàn (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
摧 cuī
  1. to break
  2. to destroy
  3. to devastate
  4. to ravage
  5. to repress
断 duàn
  1. to break
  2. to snap
  3. to cut off
  4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. to judge
  6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. definitely
  8. decidedly
我的手臂斷了。

I broke my arm.

Source: Tatoeba

破解 pòjiě
  1. to break (a bond, constraint etc)
  2. to explain
  3. to unravel
  4. to decipher
  5. to decode
  6. to crack (software)
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