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dùn

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dùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dùn | dun4
English translation
to flee, to escape; to hide, to conceal oneself

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About dùn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

dùn

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

To escape  chuò to shelter  dùn dùn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of dùn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶盾

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Example sentences using dùn

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zhè gōu 问话 wèn huà shì zhǒng qióng 急智 jí zhì shēng de 狡猾 jiǎohuá de 遁辞.

The question was a quick, shrewd parry.

Words with dùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dùn to evade dùn
遁形 dùn xíng to vanish遁形 dùn xíng
逃遁 táo dùn to escape逃遁 táo dùn
遁入空门 dùn rù kōng mén to take refuge in religious life遁入空門
奇门遁甲 qí mén dùn jiǎ ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)奇門遁甲
隐遁 yǐn dùn to hide (from the world)隱遁

dùn Decomposition & Compounds

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