吨

噸
dūn
口 + 屯
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Definitions

dūn (noun) ton (metric unit of weight)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 噸.

Semantic: 口 Phonetic: 屯

About

吨 is the simplified form of 噸, a phonosemantic compound. The mouth radical 口 (kǒu) on the left signals a loanword, and the phonetic 屯 (tún) replaces the original 頓 (dùn) to give the sound 'ton'. It was coined for the English 'ton' (a unit of weight or mass), has no classical roots, and also denotes the metric ton and ship's displacement.

Example Sentences Hide

这辆车重五吨。

Zhè liàng chē zhòng wǔ dūn.

This car weighs five tons.

我们买了三吨苹果。

Wǒmen mǎile sān dūn píngguǒ.

We bought three tons of apples.

这座桥能承重十吨。

Zhè zuò qiáo néng chéngzhòng shí dūn.

This bridge can bear ten tons.

工厂每月消耗千吨水。

Gōngchǎng měi yuè xiāohào qiān dūn shuǐ.

The factory consumes thousands of tons of water monthly.

货轮装载了万吨货物。

Huòlún zhuāngzǎile wàn dūn huòwù.

The freighter loaded ten thousand tons of cargo.

今年的粮食产量增加了数吨。

Jīnnián de liángshí chǎnliàng zēngjiāle shù dūn.

This year's grain output increased by several tons.

由于技术改进，吨钢耗电量下降了。

Yóuyú jìshù gǎijìn, dūn gāng hàodiànliàng xiàjiàngle.

Due to technical improvements, the electricity consumption per ton of steel decreased.

该矿区已探明储量达亿吨，但年开采量仅百万吨。

Gāi kuàngqū yǐ tànmíng chǔliàng dá yì dūn, dàn nián kāicǎiliàng jǐn bǎi wàn dūn.

This mining area has proven reserves reaching hundreds of millions of tons, but the annual extraction is only millions of tons.

Related Characters

Component: 口

中 和 可 后 如 同 只 知 高 问 向 或 加 合

Component: 屯

顿 纯 钝 沌 炖 盹 饨 囤 肫 邨 鲀 窀 砘 純

Example Words

公吨 吨位 吨数