斷交

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
trad. (斷交)		斷	交
simp. (断交)		断	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ gaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toān-kau / tn̄g-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànjiao
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: dwàn-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannjiau
    • Palladius: дуаньцзяо (duanʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ gaau¹
    • Yale: dyuhn gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-kau
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnkaw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-kau
    • Tâi-lô: tn̄g-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngxkaw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/

Verb

斷交

1. to break off relations; to sever ties

   Antonym: 建交 (jiànjiāo)

   • 瑙魯是最新一個突然與台灣斷交的小國。 [MSC, trad.]
     瑙鲁是最新一个突然与台湾断交的小国。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 大选后台湾再失邦交国，瑙鲁宣布与其断交

     Nǎolǔ shì zuìxīn yīge tūrán yǔ Táiwān duànjiāo de xiǎoguó. [Pinyin]

     Nauru is the latest small nation to abruptly break relations with Taiwan.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (斷交):

• → Japanese: 断交(だんこう) (dankō)
• → Korean: 단교(斷交) (dan'gyo)