| 道尔顿 |
Dào ěr dùn |
Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory |
| 道 |
dào |
road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 尔 |
ěr |
variant of 尔 |
| 尔 |
ěr |
thus / so / like that / you / thou |
| 顿 |
dùn |
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |