頓〔顿〕 deon⁶ {dùn}

1. to stop
2. to pause
3. to arrange
4. to lay out
5. to kowtow
6. to stamp (one's foot)
7. at once
8. classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

頓挫〔顿-〕 deon⁶ co³ {dùn cuò}

1. a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
2. a cadence
3. punctuated by a transition
4. with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)

頓覺〔顿觉〕 deon⁶ gok³ {dùn jué}

1. to feel suddenly
2. to realize abruptly

頓河〔顿-〕 deon⁶ ho⁴ {Dùn Hé}

Don River

頓號〔顿号〕 deon⁶ hou⁶ {dùn hào}

Chinese back-sloping comma 、 (punct. used to separate items in a list)

頓然〔顿-〕 deon⁶ jin⁴ {dùn rán}

1. suddenly
2. abruptly

頓悟〔顿-〕 deon⁶ ng⁶ {dùn wù}

1. a flash of realization
2. the truth in a flash
3. a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist)

頓首〔顿-〕 deon⁶ sau² {dùn shǒu}

kowtow

頓時〔顿时〕 deon⁶ si⁴ {dùn shí}

1. immediately
2. suddenly

頓足〔顿-〕 deon⁶ zuk¹ {dùn zú}

stamp (one's feet)

頓開茅塞〔顿开--〕 deon⁶ hoi¹ maau⁴ sak¹ {dùn kāi máo sè}

to be suddenly enlightened

頓挫抑揚〔顿--扬〕 deon⁶ co³ jik¹ joeng⁴ {dùn cuò yì yáng}

1. cadence
2. modulation

頓涅茨克〔顿---〕 deon⁶ nip⁶ ci⁴ hak¹ {Dùn niè cí kè}

Donetsk, city in Ukraine

頓涅斯克〔顿---〕 deon⁶ nip⁶ si¹ hak¹ {Dùn niè sī kè}

Donetsk region of W. Ukraine