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炖

dùn

Character Traditional 燉

What 炖 means

1. to stew

Example sentences

• 汤姆往炖菜里加了西兰花。
  Tāngmǔ wǎng dùn cài Lǐjiā le xīlánhuā.
  Tom added broccoli to the stew.

Words starting with 炖

• 炖煮dùn zhǔto stew
• 炖肉dùn ròuto stew meat; stewed meat
• 炖锅dùn guōstew pot; stew pan; saucepan
• 炖饭dùn fànrisotto

Words containing 炖

• 清炖qīng dùnto stew meat without seasoning
• 馄炖hún dùnsee 馄饨

Characters built on 屯

These share the phonetic component 屯 (tún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 钝dùnblunt; stupid
• 沌dùnused in 混沌
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 邨Cūnsurname Cun

Characters that look like 炖

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

• 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk

Sounds the same

Read dùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顿to stop; to pause; to arrange
• 盾shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 钝blunt; stupid
• 遁to evade; to flee; to escape
• 囤bin for grain
• 沌used in 混沌
• 庉a village; to dwell together
• 砘(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds…