Usage of the character 顿
dùn
顿
[頓]
- 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
dùnhào
顿号
[頓號]
- enumeration comma (、) (used to separate words or phrases in a list)
jìdùn
寄顿
[寄頓]
- to place in safe keeping
- to leave sth with sb
dǎdùn
打顿
[打頓]
- to pause
tíngdùn
停顿
[停頓]
- to halt
- to break off
- pause (in speech)
dùncuò
顿挫
[頓挫]
- a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
- a cadence
- punctuated by a transition
- with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
dùnzú
顿足
[頓足]
- stamp (one's feet)
kùndùn
困顿
[困頓]
- fatigued
- exhausted
- poverty-stricken
- in straitened circumstances
chídùn
迟顿
[遲頓]
- inactive
- obtuse
Xīdùn
西顿
[西頓]
- Sidon (Lebanon)
kǎdùn
卡顿
[卡頓]
- (computing) slow; unresponsive
dùnwù
顿悟
[頓悟]
- a flash of realization
- the truth in a flash
- a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist)
dùnjué
顿觉
[頓覺]
- to feel suddenly
- to realize abruptly
duàndùn
断顿
[斷頓]
- to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity)
Huòdùn
霍顿
[霍頓]
- Hotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc (name)
Láidùn
莱顿
[萊頓]
- Leiden (the Netherlands)
dùnshí
顿时
[頓時]
- immediately
- suddenly
Dàidùn
代顿
[代頓]
- Dayton (city in Ohio)
láodùn
劳顿
[勞頓]
- (literary) fatigued
- wearied
Lādùn
拉顿
[拉頓]
- Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster
Xuědùn
雪顿
[雪頓]
- Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
dùnrán
顿然
[頓然]
- suddenly
- abruptly
dùnshǒu
顿首
[頓首]
- kowtow
Niúdùn
牛顿
[牛頓]
- Newton (name)
- Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
Wòdùn
沃顿
[沃頓]
- Wharton (name)
Lìdùn
立顿
[立頓]
- Lipton (name)
Hǎidùn
海顿
[海頓]
- Haydn (name)
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
Dùn Hé
顿河
[頓河]
- Don River
āndùn
安顿
[安頓]
- to find a place for
- to help settle down
- to arrange for
- undisturbed
- peaceful
zhěngdùn
整顿
[整頓]
- to tidy up
- to reorganize
- to consolidate
- to rectify
niúdùn
牛顿
[牛頓]
- newton (SI unit of force)
Qióngsīdùn
琼斯顿
[瓊斯頓]
- Johnston (name)
Dào'ěrdùn
道尔顿
[道爾頓]
- Dalton (name)
- John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
Bó'ěrdùn
博尔顿
[博爾頓]
- Bolton (name)
Mǐ'ěrdùn
米尔顿
[米爾頓]
- Milton (name)
- John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
Huìlíngdùn
惠灵顿
[惠靈頓]
- Wellington, capital of New Zealand
Kēlíndùn
柯林顿
[柯林頓]
- (Tw) Clinton (name)
- Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, president 1993-2001
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Aīfúdùn
埃弗顿
[埃弗頓]
- Everton (town in northwest England)
- Everton soccer team
Bùláidùn
布莱顿
[布萊頓]
- Brighton, town in England
dǎdùnr
打顿儿
[打頓兒]
- erhua variant of 打頓／打顿 (dǎdùn)
Tèlúndùn
特伦顿
[特倫頓]
- Trenton, capital of New Jersey
niúdùnmǐ
牛顿米
[牛頓米]
- newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m)
Méngbādùn
蒙巴顿
[蒙巴頓]
- Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg)
- Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.
Kèláidùn
克莱顿
[克萊頓]
- (name) Clayton or Crichton
Mànhādùn
曼哈顿
[曼哈頓]
- Manhattan island
- Manhattan borough of New York City
Xiūshìdùn
休士顿
[休士頓]
- Houston, Texas
Mǎqídùn
马其顿
[馬其頓]
- Macedonia
Kèlíndùn
克林顿
[克林頓]
- Clinton (name)
- Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Wēnsīdùn
温斯顿
[溫斯頓]
- Winston (name)
Sītǎndùn
斯坦顿
[斯坦頓]
- Stanton (name)
Bōshìdùn
波士顿
[波士頓]
- Boston, capital of Massachusetts
Xuědùnjié
雪顿节
[雪頓節]
- Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
Wēilíngdùn
威灵顿
[威靈頓]
- Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw)
- Wellington (name)
- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
Xiūsīdùn
休斯顿
[休斯頓]
- Houston
Huáshèngdùn
华盛顿
[華盛頓]
- Washington (name)
- George Washington (1732-1799), first US president
- Washington, US State
- Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
Wēnbùdùn
温布顿
[溫布頓]
- Wimbledon
Kǎ'ěrdùn
卡尔顿
[卡爾頓]
- Carleton
Xī'ěrdùn
希尔顿
[希爾頓]
- Hilton (hotel chain)
chuíxiōngdùnzú
捶胸顿足
[捶胸頓足]
- (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
Déléisīdùn
德雷斯顿
[德雷斯頓]
- Dresden, Germany
Délèisīdùn
德累斯顿
[德累斯頓]
- Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州／萨克森州 ( Sàkèsēnzhōu), Germany
Aìdéméngdùn
艾德蒙顿
[艾德蒙頓]
- Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
- also written 埃德蒙頓／埃德蒙顿 ( Aīdéméngdùn)
ānmǎláodùn
鞍马劳顿
[鞍馬勞頓]
- travel-worn
Huáshèngdùnzhōu
华盛顿州
[華盛頓州]
- Washington, US State
Chá'ěrsīdùn
查尔斯顿
[查爾斯頓]
- Charleston
shuǎishǒudùnjiǎo
甩手顿脚
[甩手頓腳]
- to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
zhōuchēláodùn
舟车劳顿
[舟車勞頓]
- travel-worn
Shǐdāndùn Dǎo
史丹顿岛
[史丹頓島]
- Staten Island, borough of New York City
Aīdéméngdùn
埃德蒙顿
[埃德蒙頓]
- Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
Yuēhànsīdùn
约翰斯顿
[約翰斯頓]
- Johnston, Johnson, Johnstone etc, name
Hālìbódùn
哈利伯顿
[哈利伯頓]
- Halliburton (US construction company)
Apǔ'ěrdùn
阿普尔顿
[阿普爾頓]
- Appleton (name)
- Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere
dùncuòyìyáng
顿挫抑扬
[頓挫抑揚]
- cadence
- modulation
Hànmì'ěrdùn
汉密尔顿
[漢密爾頓]
- Hamilton (name)
- Hamilton, capital of Bermuda
Mànhādùnqū
曼哈顿区
[曼哈頓區]
- Manhattan borough of New York City
Pǔléisīdùn
普雷斯顿
[普雷斯頓]
- Preston, city in England
máosèdùnkāi
茅塞顿开
[茅塞頓開]
- murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
yìyángdùncuò
抑扬顿挫
[抑揚頓挫]
- see 頓挫抑揚／顿挫抑扬 (dùncuòyìyáng)
bǎocānyīdùn
饱餐一顿
[飽餐一頓]
- to eat one's fill
- to be full
Wēnbù'ěrdùn
温布尔顿
[溫布爾頓]
- Wimbledon
Lièkèxīngdùn
列克星顿
[列克星頓]
- Lexington, Massachusetts
Bùlǐqídùn
布里奇顿
[布里奇頓]
- Bridgetown, capital of Barbados
Pǔlínsīdùn
普林斯顿
[普林斯頓]
- Princeton, New Jersey
Niúdùnlìxué
牛顿力学
[牛頓力學]
- Newtonian mechanics
Dùnniècíkè
顿涅茨克
[頓涅茨克]
- Donetsk, city in Ukraine
Yīdùngōngxué
伊顿公学
[伊頓公學]
- Eton public school (English elite school)
Dùnnièsīkè
顿涅斯克
[頓涅斯克]
- Donetsk region of W. Ukraine
Láidùn Dàxué
莱顿大学
[萊頓大學]
- University of Leiden
Bùléidùnsēnlín
布雷顿森林
[佈雷頓森林]
- Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank
Hāmǐjíduōdùn
哈米吉多顿
[哈米吉多頓]
- Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16)
Huáshèngdùn Yóubào
华盛顿邮报
[華盛頓郵報]
- Washington Post (newspaper)
Huáshèngdùntèqū
华盛顿特区
[華盛頓特區]
- Washington D.C. (US federal capital)
Huáshèngdùn Shíbào
华盛顿时报
[華盛頓時報]
- Washington Times (newspaper)
Bōshìdùn Dàxué
波士顿大学
[波士頓大學]
- Boston University
Hèfēndùn Yóubào
赫芬顿邮报
[赫芬頓郵報]
- Huffington Post (US online news aggregator)
Bōshìdùn Hóngwà
波士顿红袜
[波士頓紅襪]
- Boston Red Sox (baseball) team
Asīdùn· Mǎdīng
阿斯顿·马丁
[阿斯頓·馬丁]
- Aston Martin
Qiáozhì· Huáshèngdùn
乔治·华盛顿
[喬治·華盛頓]
- George Washington (1732-1799), first US president
Aìsàkè· Niúdùn
艾萨克·牛顿
[艾薩克·牛頓]
- Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
Mǎqídùn Gònghéguó
马其顿共和国
[馬其頓共和國]
- Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)
Hēngdīngdùnwǔdǎozhèng
亨丁顿舞蹈症
[亨丁頓舞蹈症]
- Huntington's disease
Hēngtíngdùnwǔdǎozhèng
亨廷顿舞蹈症
[亨廷頓舞蹈症]
- Huntington's disease
Pǔlínsīdùn Dàxué
普林斯顿大学
[普林斯頓大學]
- Princeton University
Fúléidélǐkèdùn
弗雷德里克顿
[弗雷德里克頓]
- Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Xīlālǐ· Kèlíndùn
希拉里·克林顿
[希拉里·克林頓]
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Pàlìsī· Xī'ěrdùn
帕丽斯·希尔顿
[帕麗斯·希爾頓]
- Paris Hilton
Màikè'ěr· Kèláidùn
迈克尔·克莱顿
[邁克爾·克萊頓]
- Michael Crichton (1942-), US techno-thriller writer, author of Jurassic Park
Huìtènī· Xiūsīdùn
惠特妮·休斯顿
[惠特妮·休斯頓]
- Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress
Alíngdùn Guójiā Gōngmù
阿灵顿国家公墓
[阿靈頓國家公墓]
- Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA