頓 (deon6 | dun4) : pause; suddenly; nod; arrange; time

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頓

deon6

dun4

[1] [v] pause; halt; stop
[2] [adv] suddenly; immediately; promptly
[3] [v] nod; bow; stamp (the foot)
[4] [v] arrange; settle; put in order
[5] [measure] time; turn

頓 has one extra pair of readings - Jyutping duk6 and Pinyin du2 - used only for the name 冒頓, a Tartar chieftain around 200 BC. Jyutping deon1 is used for the name 牛頓 (Newton) and deon2 for several other names, such as 嘉頓 (Garden).

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: (#181)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

頓 / 顿

This word has been viewed 7356 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Feb 2015 11:30

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喼頓 gip1 deon6*2 = captain (loanword) 粵

頓悟 deon6 ng6 dun4 wu4 = suddenly realize 國

頓號 deon6 hou6 dun4 hao4 = caesura mark; enumeration mark

華盛頓 waa4 sing6 deon6 hua2 sheng4 dun4 = Washington

華盛頓特區 waa4 sing6 deon6 dak6 keoi1 hua2 sheng4 dun4 te4 qu1 = Washington D.C.

整頓 zing2 deon6 zheng3 dun4 = to rectify; to reorganise; to consolidate

頓時 deon6 si4 dun4 shi2 = at once; immediately; forthwith

停頓 ting4 deon6 ting2 dun4 = to pause; to dwell; to stagnate; to halt; to stop

安頓 ngon1 deon6 an1 dun4 = undisturbed, peaceful

舟車勞頓 zau1 geoi1 lou4 deon6 = fatigued by a long journey; travel-worn
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 頓
Unicode code for this character: U+9813 (off-site link)

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