tốn
Pronunciation
Northern
/ton˧˥/
Central
/to̰ŋ˩˧/
Southern
/toŋ˧˥/
cost
2 senses
2 meanings
Verb
cost
Noun
Xun trigram
Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
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Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
cost
Sense 1
Verb
consume
Core Actions
To use up or exhaust resources such as money, time, or energy in order to achieve a particular goal.
vi Công việc này rất tốn thời gian và công sức.
en This work is very time- and energy-consuming.
Xun trigram
Sense 1
Noun
Xun trigram
One of the eight trigrams used in Chinese philosophy and cosmology, representing the wind and the direction of southeast.
vi Quẻ Tốn đại diện cho gió trong bát quái.
en The Xun trigram represents wind in the eight trigrams.