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屯

tún

Character

What 屯 means

1. to station (soldiers)
2. to store up
3. village

Other readings

屯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhūnused in {屯邅|zhūn zhān}

Example sentences

• 汤姆屯了很多垃圾。
  Tāngmǔ tún le hěn duō lājī.
  Tom has accumulated a lot of junk.

Words starting with 屯

• 屯区Tún qūTun District – area of Taichung (in Taiwan) between the coastal (western) part of the…
• 屯子tún zivillage
• 屯昌Tún chāngTunchang County, Hainan
• 屯特Tún tèTwente (region in the Netherlands)
• 屯落tún luòvillage
• 屯门Tún ménTuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong
• 屯驻tún zhùto station; to quarter; to garrison
• 屯昌县Tún chāng XiànTunchang County, Hainan
• 屯溪区Tún xī QūTunxi, a district of Huangshan City 黄山市
• 屯留区Tún liú QūTunliu, a district of Changzhi City 长治市
• 屯特大学Tún tè Dà xuéUniversity of Twente
• 屯垦tún kěnto garrison troops to open up land
• 屯戍tún shùto garrison; to defend (a frontier); soldier garrisoned at a frontier
• 屯溪Tún xīsee 屯溪区
• 屯留Tún liúsee 屯留区
• 屯邅zhūn zhānvariant of 迍邅

Words containing 屯

• 三里屯Sān lǐ túnSanlitun (Beijing street name)
• 北屯Běi túnBeitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地区
• 北屯区Běi tún QūBeitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
• 北屯市Běi tún ShìBeitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地区
• 南屯区Nán tún QūNantun District of Taichung, Taiwan
• 奎屯市Kuí tún ShìKuytun, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州
• 临屯郡Lín tún JùnLintun Commandery (108 BC–c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
• 西屯区Xī tún QūXitun District of Taichung, Taiwan
• 扎兰屯市Zhā lán tún ShìZhalantun, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼伦贝尔市
• 积草屯粮jī cǎo tún liáng(idiom) to stockpile provisions in preparation for war
• 苏家屯区Sū jiā tún QūSujiatun, a district of Shenyang City 沈阳市
• 头屯河区Tóu tún hé QūToutunhe, a district of Ürümqi City 乌鲁木齐市
• 大屯火山群Dà tún Huǒ shān qúnTatun Volcanic Group, volcanic area to the north of Taipei
• 奎屯Kuí túnsee 奎屯市
• 扎兰屯Zhā lán túnsee 扎兰屯市
• 苏家屯Sū jiā túnsee 苏家屯区
• 头屯河Tóu tún hésee 头屯河区

Characters that look like 屯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 也yěalso; too; as well; (not ...) either…
• 包bāoto cover; to wrap; to hold
• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing

Sounds the same

Read tún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 臀buttocks; hips; rump
• 豚suckling pig
• 囤to store; to hoard
• 饨used in 馄饨; Taiwan pr. dùn
• 芚green sprout; foolish
• 軘war chariot
• 鲀pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae)
• 㹠old variant of 豚