屯 (tún): to station (soldiers), to store up, village
屯 (tún) is a Chinese character meaning “to station (soldiers).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural) and 屮 (structural). It ranks #2672 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to station (soldiers)
- to store up
- village
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屯子 | tún zi | village |
| 屯特大学 | tún tè dà xué | University of Twente |
| 大屯火山群 | dà tún huǒ shān qún | Tatun Volcanic Group, volcanic area to the north of Taipei |
| 金山屯区 | jīn shān tún qū | Jinshantun, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 苏家屯区 | sū jiā tún qū | Sujiatun, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 头屯河区 | tóu tún hé qū | Toutunhe, a district of Ürümqi City 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 三里屯 | sān lǐ tún | Sanlitun (Beijing street name) |
| 西屯区 | xī tún qū | Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan |
| 金山屯 | jīn shān tún | see 金山屯區|金山屯区[Jin1 shan1 tun2 Qu1] |
| 苏家屯 | sū jiā tún | see 蘇家屯區|苏家屯区[Su1 jia1 tun2 Qu1] |
| 南屯区 | nán tún qū | Nantun District of Taichung, Taiwan |
| 北屯区 | běi tún qū | Beitun District of Taichung, Taiwan |
| 北屯市 | běi tún shì | Beitun, city in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 头屯河 | tóu tún hé | see 頭屯河區|头屯河区[Tou2 tun2 he2 Qu1] |
| 扎兰屯市 | zhā lán tún shì | Zhalantun, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
屯 appears in 35 compound words: 40 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 屯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
屯字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
tún zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "屯" is not frequently used in everyday life.
世界百大入侵种“海蟾蜍”有够毒 草屯社区实地移除大作战
shì jiè bǎi dà rù qīn zhǒng hǎi 蟾 蜍 yǒu gòu dú cǎo tún shè qū shí dì yí chú dà zuò zhàn
The world's top 100 invasive species "sea toads" are poisonous enough to remove the Caotun community on the spot
港铁(00066.HK)屯门南延线项目游泳池重置工程完成 释出土地...
gǎng tiě ( 0 0 0 6 6 . H K ) tún mén nán yán xiàn xiàng mù yóu yǒng chí chóng zhì gōng chéng wán chéng shì chū tǔ dì . . .
MTR (00066.HK) Tuen Mun South Extension Project Swimming Pool Reprovisioning Project Completed Release of Land...
海皇路站喺边?升级新屯门泳池今开放 轻铁站将改名|屯门南延线
hǎi huáng lù zhàn 喺 biān ? shēng jí xīn tún mén yǒng chí jīn kāi fàng qīng tiě zhàn jiāng gǎi míng tún mén nán yán xiàn
Where is Haihuang Road Station? Upgraded new Tuen Mun swimming pool is open today Light rail station will be renamed Tuen Mun South Extension
开工首日开金库 草屯农会发送2088瓶发财水
kāi gōng shǒu rì kāi jīn kù cǎo tún nóng huì fā sòng 2 0 8 8 píng fā cái shuǐ
On the first day of construction, the treasury was opened and the Caotun Farmers Association sent 2,088 bottles of fortune water
屯门宝怡花园获区内客斥1.2万租两房 尺租...
tún mén bǎo yí huā yuán huò qū nèi kè chì 1 . 2 wàn zū liǎng fáng chǐ zū . . .
Tuen Mun Po Yi Garden was charged 12,000 yuan by customers in the area to rent a two-bedroom rent per square foot...
汤姆屯了很多垃圾。
Tāngmǔ tún le hěn duō lājī.
Tom has accumulated a lot of junk.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced tún
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