吞 tūn — to swallow
吞
Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #607
tūn tun1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从口，天声。本义:咽下)
- devor;swallow e.g 吞炭 · 吞舌 · 吞舟 · 吞刀刮肠 · 吞牛 · 吞咀 · 吞下一条鳝鱼
- annex e.g 吞楼 · 吞夺 · 吞据 · 吞声忍气 · 吞声忍泪 · 吞声饮恨 · 吞哀
- contain
- suffer e.g 吞恨
adjective
- dull-witted
Related words
- 吞噬 to devour; to engulf
- 吞吐量 throughput
- 吞吞吐吐 hesitant and evasive; stumbling in speech
- 侵吞 to embezzle; to seize; to swallow up
- 慢吞吞 very slow/exasperatingly slow
- 吞没 to embezzle/to swallow up/to engulf
- 吞吐 to take in and send out; throughput
- 吞并 to annex; to merge
- 吞食 to devour
- 吞声 to stifle one's voice; to hold back
- 吞咽 to swallow
- 忍气吞声 to swallow one's anger
- 狼吞虎咽 to wolf down; to devour ravenously
- 并吞 swallow up/annex/merge
- 独吞 to hog/to keep everything for oneself
- 吞吃 to swallow; to gobble up
- 气吞山河 imbued with a mighty, overwhelming spirit
- 吞云吐雾 to puff away at a cigarette; swallowing clouds and blowing mist
- 生吞活剥 to swallow whole; to accept mechanically without understanding
- 囫囵吞枣 to swallow dates whole (learn without digesting)