dūn

HSK 5
common
technical
measure_word

Meaning of

吨 means metric ton (1000 kg); UK/US ton. Pronounced dūn. HSK 5.

  • metric ton (1000 kg)
  • UK/US ton
  • abbrev for registered ton

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
chē
de
zài
zhuàng
liàng
shì
101
dūn0
 
 

The load capacity of this truck is 10 tons.

Zhè
gāng
cái
zǒng
gòng
yǒu
5005
dūn0
 0
 
 

The total amount of this batch of steel is 500 tons.

men
měi
rén
měi
tiān
de
yòng
shuǐ
liàng
yuē
wèi
0.20
 .
dūn2
 
 

The daily water usage per person is about 0.2 tons.

Zhè
sōu
huò
lún
zhuāng
zài
22
wàn
dūn
huò
 

This cargo ship can carry 20,000 tons of goods.

shēng
shuǐ
de
zhòng
liàng
yuē
shì
qiān
 
jiù
shì
0.0010
 .
dūn0
 0
 1
 
 

The weight of one liter of water is about one kilogram, which is 0.001 tons.