段 dyun⁶ {duàn}

1. paragraph
2. section
3. segment
4. stage (of a process)
5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

段 dyun⁶ {Duàn}

surname Duan

段落 dyun⁶ lok⁶ {duàn luò}

1. phase
2. time interval
3. paragraph
4. (written) passage

段氏 dyun⁶ si⁶ {Duàn shì}

a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑 nomadic people

段數〔-数〕 dyun⁶ sou³ {duàn shù}

1. rank
2. level

段子 dyun⁶ zi² {duàn zi}

1. item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts)
2. sketch

段錯誤〔-错误〕 dyun⁶ co³ ng⁶ {duàn cuò wù}

segmentation fault

段荃法 dyun⁶ cyun⁴ faat³ {Duàn Quán fǎ}

Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer

段玉裁 dyun⁶ juk⁶ coi⁴ {Duàn Yù cái}

Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註

段祺瑞 dyun⁶ kei⁴ seoi⁶ {Duàn Qí ruì}

Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord