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盹

dǔn

Character

What 盹 means

1. doze
2. nap

Example sentences

• 她刚结束，就躺下打了个盹儿。
  Tā gāng jiéshù, jiù tǎngxià dǎ le gè dǔn r.
  The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.
• 也许我会马上放弃然后去打盹。
  I may give up soon and just nap instead.
• 此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。
  Cǐkè dǎdǔn, nǐ jiāng zuòmèng; ér cǐkè xuéxí, nǐ jiāng yuánmèng.
  This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.

Words containing 盹

• 打盹dǎ dǔnto doze off
• 打盹儿dǎ dǔn rerhua variant of 打盹

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
• 炖dùnto stew
• 沌dùnused in 混沌
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 邨Cūnsurname Cun

Characters that look like 盹

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

• 贬biǎnto diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate
• 眨zhǎto blink; to wink
• 昵nìfamiliar; intimate; to approach
• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 炖dùnto stew
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read dǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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