HSK 5 · Function Words

吨 dūn “tonne (loanword)” in Chinese

Traditional 噸

What 吨 means

  1. tonne (loanword)
  2. ton (loanword)

How to say 吨

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

吨 in a sentence

  1. 货车的载货量超过了三吨。

    Huòchē de zàihuòliàng chāoguò le sān dūn.

    The truck’s load was over three tonnes.

    Sentence #1324139 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这座巧克力工厂每一天消耗二十公吨可可原料。

    Zhè zuò qiǎokèlì gōngchǎng měi yì tiān xiāohào èrshí gōngdūn kěkě yuánliào.

    This chocolate factory uses twenty tonnes of raw cocoa a day.

    Sentence #13244339 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 吨 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 吨 (dūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
吨dūnton
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 屯village · túnSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 屯 (tún) hints at the sound. Compare it with dūn.

How to write 吨

吨 7 strokes

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

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

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FAQs

吨 (dūn) means “tonne (loanword)” or “ton (loanword)”. 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 吨 is written 噸. 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 吨 from the suggestions. Typing dun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吨 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.