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Chinese symbol for “discontinue”

中断
zhōng duàn
Traditional: 中斷
to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt

The closest CC-CEDICT match for discontinue is 中断 (zhōng duàn), defined as: to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
断 duàn
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
radical 69 ⽄ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “discontinue”

WordPinyinMeaning
中止zhōng zhǐto cease; to suspend
停用tíng yòngto stop using; to suspend

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中断.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
不断 (不斷)bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment

See also: Japanese symbol for “discontinue”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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