斷頓

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
trad. (斷頓)		斷	頓
simp. (断顿)		断	顿
anagram		頓斷／顿断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duàndùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ deon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duàndùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duàndùn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-tun⁴
    • Yale: dwàn-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannduenn
    • Palladius: дуаньдунь (duanʹdunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ deon⁶
    • Yale: dyuhn deuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ doen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ dên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² tɵn²²/

Verb

斷頓

1. to be too poor to eat; to be unable to afford the next meal

Synonyms

• 斷炊／断炊 (duànchuī)
• (Hokkien) 斷火薰／断火薰, 吊鼎