Word information
Simplified顿首
Traditional頓首
Pinyindùn shǒu
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 顿首
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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
首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
首都shǒudūcapital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]
首先shǒuxiānfirst (of all); in the first place
首次shǒucìfirst; first time; for the first time
顿时dùnshíimmediately; suddenly