Chinese symbol for “severance”
买断
mǎi duàn
Traditional: 買斷
to buy out; buyout; severance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for severance is 买断 (mǎi duàn), defined as: to buy out; buyout; severance.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 买断.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 购买 (購買) | gòu mǎi | to purchase; to buy |
| 买卖 (買賣) | mǎi mài | to buy and sell |
| 买下 (買下) | mǎi xià | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) |
| 收买 (收買) | shōu mǎi | to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off |
| 买单 (買單) | mǎi dān | to pay the bill; to pick up the tab |
| 不断 (不斷) | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 垄断 (壟斷) | lǒng duàn | to monopolize |
See also: Japanese symbol for “severance”.
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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