Definition
屯 as a verb means 'to accumulate' or 'to store up' (e.g., 屯粮 'store grain'), and also 'to station troops' (e.g., 屯兵 'station soldiers'). It is also used as a noun in place names (e.g., 屯子 'village') and as the name of a hexagram in the I Ching, but those are separate usages outside this verb entry.
v.
to accumulateto store upto station (troops)to quarter
Examples
- 屯。Nóngmínmen bǎ liángshi tún qǐlai zhǔnbèi guòdōng.The farmers stored up grain to prepare for winter.
- 屯。Jiāngjūn mìnglìng bùduì tún zài biānjìng.The general ordered the troops to station at the border.
- 屯。Tāmen tún le dàliàng wùzī.They stored up a large amount of supplies.
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