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噸

简吨 · 繁噸

Mandarin · pinyin dūn

ton (loanword)
Taiwan pr. dùn

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吨: dūn · metric ton; (Cant.) to babble, gibberish

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1 · dun1

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deon1 · deon6

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Classifier for metric ton.
Classifier for ton; tonne.
Classifier for registered ton.

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