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蹲

dūn

HSK 5 Character

What 蹲 means

1. to crouch
2. to squat
3. to stay (somewhere)

Other readings

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

• cúnto sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing

Example sentences

• 汤姆蹲了三年多的监狱。
  Tom spent more than three years in jail.
• 抢劫银行的后果就是在监狱里蹲十年。
  Qiǎngjié yínháng de hòuguǒ jiùshì zài jiānyù lǐ dūn shí nián.
  Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.

Words starting with 蹲

• 蹲下dūn xiàto squat down; to crouch
• 蹲点dūn diǎn(of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand…
• 蹲伏dūn fúto crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
• 蹲坑dūn kēngTurkish toilet; squat toilet; to vacate one's bowels
• 蹲守dūn shǒuto hang around keeping a watch out for sth
• 蹲厕dūn cèsquat toilet
• 蹲便器dūn biàn qìsquat toilet
• 蹲大牢dūn dà láoto be behind bars
• 蹲马步dūn mǎ bùto do a martial-art squat
• 蹲苦窑dūn kǔ yáo(slang) to be behind bars
• 蹲踞dūn jùsquat; crouch
• 蹲膘dūn biāoto fatten cattle in a shed; to become fat
• 蹲牢dūn láosee 蹲大牢

Words containing 蹲

• 半蹲bàn dūnhalf squat
• 深蹲shēn dūnsquat (exercise)
• 家里蹲jiā lǐ dūnrecluse; hikikomori person
• 罚半蹲fá bàn dūnto punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended…
• 虎蹲炮hǔ dūn pàoa short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult
• 屁股蹲儿pì gu dūn r(dialect) a fall on the buttocks; pratfall

Characters built on 尊

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

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 鳟zūntrout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 撙zǔnto reduce or cut down on; to rein in; to restrain

Characters that look like 蹲

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

• 懵měng(bound form) confused; ignorant
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 鳟zūntrout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 曜yàobright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
• 獾huānbadger
• 蹿cuānto leap up; (colloquial) to gush out; to spurt out

Sounds the same

Read dūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吨ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 敦kindhearted; place name
• 墩block; gate pillar; pier
• 惇kindhearted; honest
• 镦upsetting (forged pieces)
• 礅stone block
• 蹾(colloquial) to put sth down heavily; to plonk
• 墫old variant of 蹲