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顿

dùn · dun

Traditional 頓

HSK 3Old HSK 4Measure word guide

Meaning

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  1. to stop
  2. to pause
  3. to arrange
  4. to lay out
  5. to kowtow
  6. to stamp (one's foot)
  7. at once
  8. classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
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How many meals a day?

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)一天(yītiān)吃(chī)三顿(sāndùn)饭(fàn)。

    I eat three meals a day.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)一天(yītiān)吃(chī)五顿(wǔdùn)。

    I eat five a day.

  3. Dengdeng

    哪(nǎ)五顿(wǔdùn)？

    Which five?

  4. Liangliang

    早饭(zǎofàn)、午饭(wǔfàn)、下午茶(xiàwǔchá)、晚饭(wǎnfàn)，还有(háiyǒu)夜宵(yèxiāo)。

    Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and a late-night snack.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)这(zhè)不是(bùshì)五顿(wǔdùn)，是(shì)一直(yīzhí)在(zài)吃(chī)。

    That is not five meals. You are eating all the time.

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In a sentence

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01

他(tā)请(qǐng)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)顿(dùn)美(měi)味(wèi)的(de)晚(wǎn)饭(fàn)。

He treated me to a delicious dinner.

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02

他(tā)气(qì)得(de)把(bǎ)杯(bēi)子(zi)往(wǎng)桌(zhuō)上(shàng)一(yí)顿(dùn)就(jiù)走(zǒu)了(le)。

He was so angry that he banged the cup on the table and left.

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