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Meaning of 囤

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囤Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 囗
Pictophonetic:屯 indicates the sound; 囗 (enclosure) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿴ Full surround
    • 囗 [ wéi ] enclosure; border
    • 屯 [ tún ] village, hamlet; camp; station
Similar Characters: 国 圈
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1
Pinyin: tún
English Definition:to store; hoard
Chinese Definition:
①储存,积存粮食货物:囤积(积聚贮存)。囤集。囤聚。囤积居奇(指投机商人大量购存货物)。
Example Words:
囤积 tún jī to stock up; to lay in supplies; to hoard (for speculation); to corner the market in sth
囤积居奇 tún jī jū qí to hoard and profiteer; to speculate
More:囤* | *囤 | *囤*
2
Pinyin: dùn
English Definition:bin for grain
Chinese Definition:
①用竹篾、荆条等编织成的或用席箔等围成的存放粮食等农产品的器物:粮囤。大囤满,小囤流。
Example Sentences
1
大肆囤地使一些开发商赢得了
“
地王
”
的称号
。
Rapacious hoarding earned some the title of land kings.
2
当然
,
有一些投资者对于苹果囤着现金不花是无所谓的
。
Of course, some investors are fine with letting Apple sit on the cash.
3
铁路职工一旦被发现私自囤票或与黄牛勾结
,
都将被开除
。
Any rail staff found hoarding tickets or selling them to scalpers would be fired.
4
我认识的某位作家告诉我
,
他患阿尔茨海默氏症的母亲正在囤药
。
A writer I know whose mother had Alzheimer' s told me she is stockpiling pills.
5
“
我不会囤大米的
,
这里价格非常稳定
,
”
北京一个办公室职员说道
,
“
国际价格创新高了
?
我还不知道呢
。
”
"I am not going to hoard any rice, prices are very stable here," said Mr Hu, an office worker in Beijing.