# 頓

| 頓 | U+9813, &#38931; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9813 |
| ← 頒 [U+9812] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 頔 → [U+9814] |

## Translingual
### Han character

頓 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山一月金 (PUMBC), four-corner 5178$_6$, composition ⿰屯頁)

#### Derived characters

* 噸, 𰔫, 𦡋, 𲆁, 𦼿

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頓 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 躉 | *tuːnʔ |
| 窀 | *rduːn, *duːn, *tun |
| 沌 | *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 盹 | *tuːnʔ, *tjuns |
| 頓 | *tuːns |
| 扽 | *tuːns |
| 黗 | *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 吨 | *tʰuːnʔ |
| 屯 | *duːn, *tun |
| 飩 | *duːn |
| 豘 | *duːn |
| 軘 | *duːn |
| 坉 | *duːn |
| 邨 | *duːn, *stʰuːn |
| 忳 | *duːn |
| 芚 | *duːn |
| 庉 | *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 囤 | *duːnʔ |
| 迍 | *tun |
| 杶 | *tʰun |
| 瑃 | *tʰun |
| 椿 | *tʰun |
| 偆 | *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ |
| 肫 | *tjun |
| 訰 | *tjun, *tjuns |
| 純 | *tjunʔ, *djun |
| 春 | *tʰjun |
| 蠢 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 踳 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 惷 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 蒓 | *djun |
| 賰 | *hljunʔ |
| 鬊 | *hljuns |

### Etymology 1
#### “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).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dùn (dun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): deon$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tun
* Northern Min (KCR): dō̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dóng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tùn / tǹg / tùiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ten
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dùn
*** Wade–Giles: tun$^4$
*** Yale: dwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
*** Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: deon$^6$
*** Yale: deuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: doen$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dên$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tun
*** Hakka Romanization System: dun
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tun⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dóng
*** Sinological IPA : /touŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùn
*** Tâi-lô: tùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: duxn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tun²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tun¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Kinmen, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngx
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tŋ̍¹²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tŋ̍⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tuìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvuix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuĩ²¹/
* tùn - literary;
* tǹg/tùiⁿ - vernacular (“to stamp the ground (Mainland China); classifier for meals; meal; to stamp; to strike; to fall on one's buttocks; to place a heavy object on a flat platform; to have a trial of strength”).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit頓 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tuən⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /tuən⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /tuən⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /tuẽ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tuə̃⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /tuən³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /tuẽ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /tuə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /tuŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /tũn¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /tuŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /tən³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /tən¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ten²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /tuə̃²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /tun⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /tən⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tuəŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /tuŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /tũŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /təŋ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /tən⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ten⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /taŋ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /tʌ̃³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /tuːə⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tən⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /tən⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tɨn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tun³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tun³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tøn²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tɐn²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tøn²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tun²¹/ /tŋ̍²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /touŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tɔŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tuŋ³⁵/ /tɯŋ²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔdun³⁵/ /ʔdun⁵⁵/ /ʔdui³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: twonH
Rime :
| Character | 頓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都困切 |
| Baxter | twonH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuən$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuon$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuən$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /twən$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /tuən$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tuən$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tuən$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dùn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | deon$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 頓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12541 |
| Phonetic component | 屯 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 頓 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuːns/ |

##### Definitions

頓
* to strike downwards to a surface:
** (literary) to kowtow
    頓首／顿首 ― dùnshǒu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** to stamp the ground
    捶胸頓足／捶胸顿足 ― chuíxiōngdùnzú ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** (Southern Min) to fall on one's buttocks
** (Southern Min) to stamp; to affix (a seal)
* to settle; to halt:
** (Southern Min) to place a heavy object on a flat platform
** 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)
** to pause
    停頓／停顿 ― tíngdùn ― to pause
* Other verb uses:
** to pull
*** 16th century, chapter 30, in Journey to the West:
       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:
       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:
       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)
** (Hakka) to hit; to bump into with elbow
** (Southern Min) to strike; to beat; to hit
** (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a trial of strength or skill; to have a contest; to compete with
* 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)
* (Southern Min) meal
    暗頓／暗顿 [Hokkien] ― àm-tǹg [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― dinner
* Classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.
       Zhēnde xiǎng bǎ tā zòu yī dùn. [Pinyin]
       I really want to give them a beating.
* suddenly; abruptly; all of the sudden
    茅塞頓開／茅塞顿开 ― máosèdùnkāi ― to be enlightened all of a sudden
* tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted; strained
    勞頓／劳顿 ― láodùn ― weary; weariness
* 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] ― gaa$^1$ deon$^6$ [Jyutping] ― Garden (Hong Kong bakery)
* a surname, Dun

###### Synonyms

* (to pause):
    edit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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 頓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 頓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 頓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 餐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 頓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 頓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 頓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 頓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 頓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 頓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 頓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 頓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 頓, 餐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 頓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 餐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 頓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 頓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 頓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 餐 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 餐 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 餐 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 餐 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 餐 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 餐 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 餐 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 餐 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 頓 |
| Hakka | Changting | 餐 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 餐 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 餐 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 餐 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 餐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頓 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 餐 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 餐 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 餐 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 餐 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 頓, 餐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頓 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 頓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頓 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 頓 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 頓 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 餐 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 餐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頓 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 頓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頓 |
| Wu | Danyang | 頓 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 頓 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 頓 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 廚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 餐 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 餐 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 餐 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 餐 |
* (classifier for beatings, scoldings, etc.):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 頓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 頓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 頓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 頓 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 頓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 頓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 頓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 頓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 頓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 頓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 餐 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餐 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 餐 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頓 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 回 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 睏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頓 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 套 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 餐 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 餐 |
* (suddenly):
    edit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):
    edit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)

##### Compounds

* 一頓 / 一顿
* 乏頓 / 乏顿
* 休士頓市 / 休士顿市
* 來頓 / 来顿
* 來頓瓶 / 来顿瓶
* 倒頓 / 倒顿
* 停頓 / 停顿 (tíngdùn)
* 刁頓 / 刁顿
* 勞頓 / 劳顿 (láodùn)
* 南頓 / 南顿
* 困頓 / 困顿 (kùndùn)
* 大吵一頓 / 大吵一顿
* 委頓 / 委顿
* 威靈頓 / 威灵顿 (Wēilíngdùn)
* 安頓 / 安顿 (āndùn)
* 宿頓 / 宿顿
* 寄頓 / 寄顿
* 巴拉頓湖 / 巴拉顿湖
* 幾頓 / 几顿
* 惙頓 / 惙顿
* 抑揚頓挫 / 抑扬顿挫 (yìyángdùncuò)
* 拊膺頓足 / 拊膺顿足
* 指手頓腳 / 指手顿脚
* 捶胸頓腳 / 捶胸顿脚
* 捶胸頓足 / 捶胸顿足 (chuíxiōngdùnzú)
* 搓手頓腳 / 搓手顿脚 (cuōshǒudùnjiǎo)
* 搓手頓足 / 搓手顿足
* 撧耳頓足 / 𪮖耳顿足
* 撼頓 / 撼顿
* 整頓 / 整顿 (zhěngdùn)
* 斗頓
* 早頓 / 早顿 (chá-tǹg)
* 暗頓 / 暗顿 (àm-tǹg)
* 條頓 / 条顿
* 止頓 / 止顿
* 沒頓飯時 / 没顿饭时
* 沉鬱頓挫 / 沉郁顿挫
* 波士頓 / 波士顿 (Bōshìdùn)
* 溫布頓 / 温布顿 (Wēnbùdùn)
* 牛頓 / 牛顿 (Niúdùn)
* 疲頓 / 疲顿
* 窩頓 / 窝顿
* 綿頓 / 绵顿
* 羸頓 / 羸顿
* 舟車勞頓 / 舟车劳顿 (zhōuchēláodùn)
* 茅塞頓開 / 茅塞顿开 (máosèdùnkāi)
* 荒頓 / 荒顿
* 華盛頓 / 华盛顿 (Huáshèngdùn)
* 踣頓 / 踣顿
* 躓頓 / 踬顿
* 道爾頓制 / 道尔顿制
* 陡頓 / 陡顿
* 鞍馬勞頓 / 鞍马劳顿 (ānmǎláodùn)
* 頓不脫 / 顿不脱
* 頓劍搖環 / 顿剑摇环
* 頓口無言 / 顿口无言 (dùnkǒuwúyán)
* 頓地 / 顿地
* 頓失所依 / 顿失所依
* 頓息 / 顿息 (dùnxī)
* 頓悟 / 顿悟 (dùnwù)
* 頓悟前非 / 顿悟前非
* 頓挫 / 顿挫 (dùncuò)
* 頓挫抑揚 / 顿挫抑扬
* 頓捽 / 顿捽
* 頓放 / 顿放
* 頓時 / 顿时 (dùnshí)
* 頓段 / 顿段
* 頓河 / 顿河 (Dùn Hé)
* 頓然 / 顿然 (dùnrán)
* 頓牟 / 顿牟
* 頓碌 / 顿碌
* 頓筆 / 顿笔
* 頓絕 / 顿绝
* 頓脫 / 顿脱
* 頓腳 / 顿脚 (dùnjiǎo)
* 頓號 / 顿号 (dùnhào)
* 頓衣而走 / 顿衣而走
* 頓足 / 顿足 (dùnzú)
* 頓足捶胸 / 顿足捶胸
* 頓躓 / 顿踬
* 頓轡 / 顿辔
* 頓開 / 顿开
* 頓開茅塞 / 顿开茅塞
* 頓顙 / 顿颡
* 頓首 / 顿首 (dùnshǒu)
* 顛頓 / 颠顿
* 飽啖一頓 / 饱啖一顿

#### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǹg
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngx
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁴¹/

##### Definitions

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dú (du$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): duk$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dú
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dú
*** Wade–Giles: tu$^2$
*** Yale: dú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwu
*** Palladius: ду (du)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: duk$^6$
*** Yale: duhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: duk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊk̚²/

#### Definitions

頓
* Used in 冒頓／冒顿 (Mòdú).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to kowtow
* to rest, to stay, to abide
* suddenly

#### Readings

* 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)

#### Compounds

* 頓悟(とんご) (tongo) : sudden enlightenment
* 頓死(とんし) (tonshi): sudden death
* 頓写(とんしゃ) (tonsha) quickly copying something; dead memorial service where many gather to transcribe a sutra in one day
* 頓的(とんてき) (tonteki): thoughtlessness
* 停頓(ていとん) (teiton): deadlock

## Korean
### Hanja

頓 • (don, dun) (hangeul 돈, 둔)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

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