果斷

See also: 果断

Chinese

		fruit; result	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (果斷)		果	斷
simp. (果断)		果	断

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǒduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² dyun³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó-toàn / kó͘-toǎn

(Teochew, Peng'im): gua² duang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǒduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǒduàn
  - Wade–Giles: kuo³-tuan⁴
  - Yale: gwǒ-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guooduann
  - Palladius: годуань (goduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² dyun³
  - Yale: gwó dyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² dyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo² dün³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ tyːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-toàn
  - Tâi-lô: kó-tuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koy'doaxn
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuan¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuan²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-tuǎn
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuan²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gua² duang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuá tuàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵²⁻³⁵ tuaŋ²¹³/

Note: gua2 duang3 - Jieyang.

Adjective

果斷

firm; resolute; decisive

Synonyms

堅決 / 坚决 (jiānjué)
決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
決然 / 决然 (juérán)
決絕 / 决绝 (juéjué)

Related terms

武斷／武断 (wǔduàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (果斷):

→ Japanese: 果(か)断(だん) (kadan)
→ Korean: 과단(果斷) (gwadan)
→ Vietnamese: quả đoán (果斷)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
果	斷
か Grade: 4	だん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 果斷 – see the following entry.

【果断かだん】

[noun] resolve; decisiveness

[adjective] resolute; decisive

(This term, 果斷, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)