đoạn

See also: doan, đoàn, Đoàn, đoản, and đồ án

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 段.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːn˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaːŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

đoạn

(of something long) segment
Synonym: khúc

cầm đoạn/khúc giữa ― to hold the middle segment
(writing) paragraph
đoạn văn ― a paragraph

đoạn mở bài ― introductory paragraph

đoạn kết bài ― concluding paragraph

Adverb

đoạn

(literary) then; after finishing ...
Nói đoạn, hắn quỳ gục xuống đất.
He stopped talking, then collapsed with kneels on the ground.

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