HSK 5 · Verbs

蹲 dūn “to crouch” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 蹲 means

  1. to crouch
  2. to squat
  3. to stay (somewhere)

How to say 蹲

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale蹲dūn1st tone, high and level

蹲 in a sentence

  1. 他蹲在地上找钥匙。

    Tā dūn zài dìshang zhǎo yàoshi.

    He crouched on the ground looking for his keys.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 蹲久了腿会麻。

    Dūn jiǔ le tuǐ huì má.

    If you squat for too long, your legs go numb.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 蹲 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 蹲 (dūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
蹲dūnto crouch
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 尊to honour · zūnSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 尊 (zūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with dūn.

How to write 蹲

蹲 19 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

蹲 (dūn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 蹲 (dūn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 蹲

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FAQs

蹲 (dūn) means “to crouch” or “to squat”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dūn: dūn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 蹲 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 蹲 from the suggestions. Typing dun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
蹲 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.