Chinese word dictionary

困顿

kùn dùn · fatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken

Practice word

Word information

Simplified困顿

Traditional困頓

Pinyinkùn dùn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

困kùn

to surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy

顿dùn

to pause; to bow; to arrange

How to learn 困顿

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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顿dùn

to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

困kùn

sleepy; tired; to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute

困难kùnnan

difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation

顿时dùnshí

immediately; suddenly

困扰kùnrǎo

to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications

贫困pínkùn

impoverished; poverty