dūn
ton
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这艘船的排水量是10000吨。
zhè s艘 chuán de pài shuǐ liàng shì yī wàn dùn.
This ship has a displacement of 10,000 tons.
这家工厂每天生产100吨钢材。
zhè jiā gōng chǎng měi tiān shēng chǎn yī bǎi dùn gāng cái.
This factory produces 100 tons of steel every day.
这个集装箱的重量是20吨。
zhè ge jí zhuāng xiāng de zhòng liàng shì èr shí dùn.
This container weighs 20 tons.
公吨 (gōng dùn)
metric ton
吨位 (dūn wèi)
tonnage
克 (kè)
gram
千克 (qiān kè)
kilogram
The Chinese character 吨 (dūn) for "ton" is a relatively modern character, coined in the late 19th century to represent the metric unit of mass. It is composed of two parts: the radical 石 (shí), which originally meant "stone" and is used in many characters related to weight and measurement, and the phonetic component 盾 (dùn), which is pronounced similarly to "ton". The combination of these two components suggests the idea of a heavy object, making it a suitable character to represent the unit of mass.The character 吨 was first used in China in the late 19th century, when the country began to adopt the metric system. It quickly became the standard character for "ton" and is now widely used in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
