頓

頓 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山一月金 (PUMBC), four-corner 5178₆, composition ⿰屯頁)

• 噸, 𰔫, 𦡋, 𲆁, 𦼿

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43381
• Dae Jaweon: page 1918, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4360, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9813

Historical forms of the character 頓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

“tired”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(u/i)l (“buttocks; heel; dull; blunt; rounded part”); cognate with Tibetan རྟུལ (rtul, “dull”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2014).

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頓

1. to strike downwards to a surface:
   1. (literary) to kowtow

      頓首／顿首  ―  dùnshǒu  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. to stamp the ground

      捶胸頓足／捶胸顿足  ―  chuíxiōngdùnzú  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   3. (Southern Min) to fall on one's buttocks
   4. (Southern Min) to stamp; to affix (a seal)
2. to settle; to halt:
   1. (Southern Min) to place a heavy object on a flat platform
   2. to arrange; to settle

      安頓／安顿  ―  āndùn  ―  to settle

      整頓／整顿  ―  zhěngdùn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   3. to pause

      停頓／停顿  ―  tíngdùn  ―  to pause

3. Other verb uses:
   1. to pull
      • 16th century, chapter 30, in Journey to the West:

        他忍不住頓絕韁繩，抖鬆鞍轡 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
        他忍不住顿绝缰绳，抖松鞍辔 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

        tā rěn bù zhù dùn jué jiāngshéng, dǒu sōng ānpèi [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      • 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 70, in Dream of the Red Chamber:

        紫鵑笑道：「這一回的勁大，姑娘來放罷。」黛玉聽說，用手帕墊著手，頓了一頓，果然風緊力大 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
        紫鹃笑道：「这一回的劲大，姑娘来放罢。」黛玉听说，用手帕垫着手，顿了一顿，果然风紧力大 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

        Zǐjuān xiào dào: “Zhè yī huí de jìn dà, gūniang lái fàng ba.” Dàiyù tīngshuō, yòng shǒupà diàn zhe shǒu, dùn le yī dùn, guǒrán fēng jǐn lì dà [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      • 19th century, Wenkang, chapter 14, in 兒女英雄傳:

        早聽見門裡看家的狗甕聲甕氣如惡豹一般頓着那鎖鍊子咬起來 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
        早听见门里看家的狗瓮声瓮气如恶豹一般顿着那锁链子咬起来 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

        zǎo tīngjiàn mén lǐ kān jiā de gǒu wèngshēngwèngqì rú è bào yībān dùn zhe nà suǒliànzi yǎo qǐlái [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   2. (Hakka) to hit; to bump into with elbow
   3. (Southern Min) to strike; to beat; to hit
   4. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a trial of strength or skill; to have a contest; to compete with
4. Classifier for meals.

   一頓飯／一顿饭  ―  yī dùn fàn  ―  a meal

   三頓／三顿 [Hokkien]  ―  saⁿ-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  three meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)

5. (Southern Min) meal

   暗頓／暗顿 [Hokkien]  ―  àm-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  dinner

6. Classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.

   真的想把他揍一頓。 [MSC, trad.]
   真的想把他揍一顿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhēnde xiǎng bǎ tā zòu yī dùn. [Pinyin]

   I really want to give them a beating.

7. suddenly; abruptly; all of the sudden

   茅塞頓開／茅塞顿开  ―  máosèdùnkāi  ―  to be enlightened all of a sudden

8. tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted; strained

   勞頓／劳顿  ―  láodùn  ―  weary; weariness

9. Used in transcription.

   頓巴斯／顿巴斯  ―  Dùnbāsī  ―  Donbas

   帕丁頓／帕丁顿  ―  Pàdīngdùn  ―  Paddington

   伊頓／伊顿  ―  Yīdùn  ―  Eton

   萊辛頓大道／莱辛顿大道  ―  Láixīndùn dàdào  ―  Lexington Avenue

   嘉頓／嘉顿 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹ deon⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Garden (Hong Kong bakery)

10. a surname: Dun

• (to pause):

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• 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
• 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
• 停 (tíng)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
• 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
• 放煞 (Min Nan)
• 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 止息 (zhǐxī)
• 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 煞手 (Hokkien)
• 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
• 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 罷／罢
• 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
• 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
• 間斷／间断
• 須／须 (xū) (literary)

 

• (classifier for meals):

• (classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.):

• (suddenly):

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• 一下 (yīxià)
• 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
• 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
• 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
• 倏忽 (literary)
• 卒爾／卒尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
• 忽地 (hūdì)
• 忽然 (hūrán)
• 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 猛 (měng)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 猝然 (cùrán)
• 猝爾／猝尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
• 突然 (tūrán)
• 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
• 豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
• 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
• 陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 陡然 (dǒurán)
• 霍然 (huòrán)
• 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
• 驀地／蓦地
• 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)

 

• (tired):

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• 乏力 (fálì)
• 倦怠 (juàndài)
• 勞累／劳累 (láolèi)
• 勞頓／劳顿 (láodùn)
• 厭𤺪／厌𤺪 (Hokkien)
• 困乏 (kùnfá)
• 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
• 懶／懒 (lǎn)
• 疲乏 (pífá)
• 疲倦 (píjuàn)
• 疲勞／疲劳 (píláo)
• 疲困 (píkùn) (literary)
• 疲憊／疲惫 (píbèi)
• 精疲力盡／精疲力尽 (jīngpílìjìn)
• 精疲力竭 (jīngpílìjié)
• 累 (lèi)

 

頓

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) to place somewhere for a short period of time to produce some effect

頓

1. Used in 冒頓／冒顿 (Mòdú).

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to kowtow
2. to rest, to stay, to abide
3. suddenly

• Go-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
• Kun: とみに (tomi ni, 頓に)、ぬかずく (nukazuku, 頓ずく)、つまずく (tsumazuku, 頓く)

頓 • (don, dun) (hangeul 돈, 둔)

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頓: Hán Nôm readings: đốn, đón, nhún, dún, đon, đún, lún, rón

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