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dūn

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dūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dūn | dun1
English translation
to crouch
to squat
to squat, to crouch

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About dūn

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

dūn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of dūn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足尊

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zūn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zūn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dūn

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dūn zài 脚印 jiǎo yìn páng 仔细 zǐxì de 观察 guānchá .

He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.

蹲过监狱 jiānyù de 纪录 jìlù 或许 huòxǔ huì bèi chū lái ,成为 chéngwéi 利于 lì yú 你的因素 yīnsù .

Your prison record may be brought up against you.

如果 rúguǒ 继续 jìxù 这样 zhè yàng 下去 xià qù , 势必 shìbì yǒu tiān yāo dūn 监狱 jiānyù .

If he goes on like this, he will be imprisoned some day.

liǎng rén dūn xià jiù liáo 起来 qǐlai le .

Squatting down, the two of them started to have a chat.

zài 实验室 shí yàn shì dūn jiù shì 好几 hǎo jǐ 小时 xiǎoshí .

He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory.

Words with dūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dūn to crouch dūn
蹲点 dūn diǎn (dialect) taking a crap蹲點
蹲伏 dūn fú to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)蹲伏 dūn fú
蹲踞 dūn jù squat蹲踞 dūn jù
屁股蹲儿 pì gu dūn r pratfall屁股蹲兒

dūn Decomposition & Compounds

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dūn Decomposition

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