# 中断 (zhōngduàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 中断 (zhōngduàn) means “to interrupt; to cut short”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to interrupt; to cut short
- Pinyin: zhōngduàn (zhong1 duan4)
- Traditional: 中斷
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 大雨让户外的比赛中断了。
  Dàyǔ ràng hùwài de bǐsài zhōngduànle.
  Heavy rain interrupted the outdoor match.

## Characters

- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center
- [断](https://hanziro.com/word/duan-break/) (duàn): to break; to snap

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-duan-interrupt/

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