頓
dùn HSK3

to bow, pause

顿 (頓) dùn
meal measure word
classifier for meals, scoldings, or periodic occurrences

我今天只吃了一顿饭。

wǒ jīn​tiān zhǐ chī le yī dùn fàn.

I only had one meal today.

stamp verb
to stamp one's foot or to kowtow

他在门外顿了顿脚上的雪才进屋。

tā zài mén wài dùn le dùn jiǎo shàng de xuě cái jìn​wū.

He stamped the snow off his feet outside the door before entering the house.

arrange verb
to arrange or lay out

他把行李在屋角顿好，便坐下来休息。

tā bǎ xíng​li zài wū​jiǎo dùn hǎo, biàn zuò xià​lai xiū​xi.

He set his luggage down in the corner of the room and sat down to rest.

pause verb
to stop or pause momentarily

他说话中间顿了一下。

tā shuō​huà zhōng​jiān dùn le yī​xià.

He paused in the middle of speaking.

suddenly verb
suddenly; at once; immediately

听了这番话，他顿觉豁然开朗。

tīng le zhè fān huà, tā dùn jué huò​rán​kāi​lǎng.

After hearing these words, he suddenly felt enlightened.

Frequency
Character
Written text
794th most common 229.6 per million
Movie subtitles
682nd most common 194.4 per million appears in 44% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
71.0 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
64.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
顿
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+9813

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)