dūn

to crouch

to squat; to stay (somewhere)

feet (足) + sound dūn (尊) = to squat

足 grounds the character in the action of the feet and legs. 尊 mainly contributes the sound dūn and does not carry meaning here.

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在地上,仔细看那只小虫。

tā dūn zài dì shang, zǐ xì kàn nà zhī xiǎo chóng。

He squatted on the ground, carefully looking at that little bug.

她在家了好几个月,一直在写书。

tā zài jiā dūn le hǎo jǐ gè yuè, yī zhí zài xiě shū。

She stayed home for several months, writing a book the whole time.

Words with 蹲

半蹲

bàn dūn

half squat

家里蹲

jiā lǐ dūn

recluse

屁股蹲儿

pì gu dūn r

(dialect) a fall on the buttocks

深蹲

shēn dūn

squat (exercise)

罚半蹲

fá bàn dūn

to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward

虎蹲炮

hǔ dūn pào

a short-barreled mortar

蹲下

dūn xià

to squat down

蹲伏

dūn fú

to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)

蹲便器

dūn biàn qì

squat toilet

蹲坑

dūn kēng

squat toilet

蹲大牢

dūn dà láo

to be behind bars

蹲守

dūn shǒu

to hang around keeping a watch out for sth

More characters with 足