Dictionary/顿

顿 頓

顿 dùn

ㄉㄨㄣˋ
MHSK 3TOCFL L3core 10k
1to stop
2to pause
3to arrange
4to lay out
5to kowtow
6to stamp (one's foot)
7at once
8classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

Characters

Examples

nǐ你shén me什么shí hou时候huí lai回来?qǐng请nǐ你chī吃yí一dùn顿fàn饭。
你什么时候回来?请你吃一顿饭。
What time will you get back? I'll treat you to a meal.
早饭是一天中最重要的一顿饭。
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
那顿饭简直好极了。
That meal was simply divine.

See also: words & characters pronounced dùn