HSK 5 · Function Words

顿 dùn “measure word for meals” in Chinese

Traditional 頓

What 顿 means

  1. measure word for meals
  2. to pause
  3. to stop
  4. to arrange
  5. to lay out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to stamp (one’s foot)

How to say 顿

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顿dùn4th tone, falling

顿 in a sentence

  1. 我一天吃三顿饭。

    Wǒ yì tiān chī sān dùn fàn.

    I eat three meals a day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他说到这儿，顿了一下。

    Tā shuō dào zhèr, dùn le yíxià.

    When he got to this point, he paused for a moment.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 顿 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 顿 (dùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
顿dùnto stop
  • 屯village · túnSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 屯 (tún) hints at the sound. Compare it with dùn.

How to write 顿

顿 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 顿

Words with 顿

顿时dùnshí · immediately停顿tíngdùn · to pause整顿zhěngdùn · to rectify

More words: Function Words & Grammar

单独dāndú · alone的确díquè · really顶dǐng · top吨dūn · tonne (loanword)朵duǒ · measure word for flowers and clouds多亏duōkuī · thanks to嗯ǹg · uh-huh反而fǎn'ér · on the contrary

FAQs

顿 (dùn) means “measure word for meals” or “to pause”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dùn: dùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 顿 is written 頓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顿 from the suggestions. Typing dun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顿 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.