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

        (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

        (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

        (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.

   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   ―  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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