顿 頓
dùn
HSK level: HSK 4
Meaning
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
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Examples
他狼吞虎咽地吃了一顿。
Tā láng tūn hǔ yàn de chī le yī dùn.
He devoured his meal.
波斯顿那时的情况如何？
Bō sī dùn nà shí de qíng kuàng rú hé?
What was the situation in Boston?
要不我们找时间喝一顿。
Yào bù wǒ men zhǎo shí jiān hē yī dùn.
Perhaps we could get a drink sometime.
Words with this character
整顿 zhěng dùn to tidy up停顿 tíng dùn to halt顿时 dùn shí immediately抑扬顿挫 yì yáng dùn cuò see 顿挫抑扬 dùn cuò yì yáng波士顿 Bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts华盛顿 Huá shèng dùn Washington希尔顿 Xī ěr dùn Hilton代顿 Dài dùn Dayton顿河 Dùn Hé Don River海顿 Hǎi dùn Haydn霍顿 Huò dùn Hotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc拉顿 Lā dùn Rodan, Japanese movie monster莱顿 Lái dùn Leiden立顿 Lì dùn Lipton沃顿 Wò dùn Wharton西顿 Xī dùn Sidon安顿 ān dùn to find a place for迟顿 chí dùn inactive打顿 dǎ dùn to pause断顿 duàn dùn to go without meals顿挫 dùn cuò a transition in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes顿号 dùn hào enumeration comma顿觉 dùn jué to feel suddenly