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dùn

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dùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dùn | dun4
English translation
to stop
to pause
to arrange
to lay out
to kowtow
to stamp (one's foot)
at once
classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
to pause; to bow; to arrange

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About dùn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

dùn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of dùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

屯页

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

tún

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and tún represents the sound. Simplified form of dùn .

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Example sentences using dùn

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hāi , 欢迎 huānyíng 光临 guānglín 希尔顿 Xī ěr dùn 旅馆 lǚ guǎn .

Hi, welcome to the Hilton.

dòu wán Fēng yóu 付费 fù fèi de xìn , 顿时 dùnshí 大发雷霆 dà fā léi tíng ,随即 suíjí 便 biàn xìn 粉碎 fěnsuì .

As soon as he finished reading the collect letter, he fell into a rage and tore it into pieces.

沃顿 Wò dùn zài 接下来 jiē xià lái de 4 fēn 25 miǎo 接连 jiēlián 领到 lǐng dào 个人 gèrén 犯规 fàn guī .

Walton picked up four personal fouls over the next 4:

昨天 zuótiān chī le 顿很 bàng de 晚饭 wǎn fàn .

I had a wonderful supper yesterday.

那种 nà zhǒng 热情 rèqíng , jiù chūn yuè duì 某事 mǒu shì 茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi de 那种热情,一模一样 yī mú yī yàng .

His enthusiasm was like Spring Moon's when she had mastered a concept.

Words with dùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dùn to stop dùn
华盛顿 Huá shèng dùn Washington (name)華盛頓
顿时 dùnshí immediately頓時
整顿 zhěngdùn to tidy up整頓
波士顿 Bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts波士頓
曼哈顿 Màn hā dùn Manhattan island曼哈頓
克林顿 Kè lín dùn Clinton (name)克林頓
停顿 tíngdùn to halt停頓
安顿 ān dùn to find a place for安頓
休斯顿 Xiū sī dùn Houston休斯頓
牛顿 Niú dùn Newton (name)牛頓
普林斯顿 Pǔ lín sī dùn Princeton, New Jersey普林斯頓
马其顿 Mǎ qí dùn Macedonia馬其頓
汉密尔顿 Hàn mì ěr dùn Hamilton (name)漢密爾頓
华盛顿邮报 Huá shèng dùn Yóu bào Washington Post (newspaper)華盛頓郵報
希尔顿 Xī ěr dùn Hilton (hotel chain)希爾頓
博尔顿 Bó ěr dùn Bolton (name)博爾頓
温斯顿 Wēn sī dùn Winston (name)溫斯頓
霍顿 Huò dùn Hotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc (name)霍頓
顿悟 dùn wù a flash of realization頓悟
查尔斯顿 Chá ěr sī dùn Charleston查爾斯頓

dùn Decomposition & Compounds

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dùn Decomposition

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