段 duàn
“paragraph; section; segment”
measure wordHSK 3 · 2021 list level 2
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
段 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 607: 段 duàn — Level 3; official annotation 3 (量). PDF page 95
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 段
段 is a measure word for a stretch or segment of something continuous: a period of time, a length of road, or a piece of text or music. It is preceded by a number or a demonstrative in the pattern 数词/这/那 + 段 + noun, as in 一段时间, 一段路, and 这段话.
例句Example sentences
- 我学了一段时间汉语。wǒ xué le yí duàn shí jiān hàn yǔ.I studied Chinese for a period of time.
- 前面有一段路在修。qián miàn yǒu yí duàn lù zài xiū.There is a stretch of road ahead that is being repaired.
- 请读一下这段话。qǐng dú yí xià zhè duàn huà.Please read this paragraph.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗请读一下这个段话。
✓请读一下这段话。
段 is itself the measure word, so 这 comes directly before it: 这段, not 这个段.
义项All meanings
- Duàn: surname Duan
- duàn: paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc