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吞

tūn

HSK 6 Character

What 吞 means

1. to swallow
2. to take

Example sentences

• 吞下吧！
  Swallow!
• 房子被火吞噬了。
  Fángzi bèi huǒ tūnshì le.
  The house was in flames.
• 他狼吞虎咽地吃了一顿。
  Tā lángtūn-hǔyàn de chī le yī dùn.
  He devoured his meal.
• 食物在吞咽前要经过咀嚼。
  Shíwù zài tūnyàn qián yào jīngguò jǔjué.
  Food should be chewed before being swallowed.
• 别狼吞虎咽的。你最好细嚼慢咽地吃。
  Bié lángtūnhǔyàn de. nǐ zuì hǎo xìjiáomànyàn de chī.
  Stop inhaling your food. You should eat a little slower.
• 快点快点，你还慢吞吞的话我们就要迟到了。
  Kuàidiǎn kuàidiǎn, nǐ hái màntūntūn dehuà wǒmen jiùyào chídào le.
  Come on, we'll be late if you don't hurry up.

Words starting with 吞

• 吞咽tūn yànto swallow; to gulp
• 吞噬tūn shìto swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
• 吞吞吐吐tūn tūn tǔ tǔto hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth…
• 吞没tūn mòto embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
• 吞食tūn shíto devour
• 吞并tūn bìngto annex
• 吞吐tūn tǔto take in and send out (in large quantities)
• 吞吃tūn chīto devour
• 吞服tūn fúto swallow; to take (medicine)
• 吞灭tūn mièto absorb
• 吞精tūn jīngto swallow semen
• 吞声tūn shēngto swallow one's cries
• 吞金tūn jīnto commit suicide by swallowing gold
• 吞音tūn yīn(linguistics) elision
• 吞拿鱼tūn ná yú(loanword) tuna
• 吞吐量tūn tǔ liàngthroughput
• 吞云吐雾tūn yún tǔ wùto swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom); to blow cigarette or opium smoke
• 吞咽困难tūn yàn kùn nándysphagia (medicine)
• 吞噬作用tūn shì zuò yòng(biology) phagocytosis
• 吞噬细胞tūn shì xì bāophagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
• 吞米桑布札Tūn mǐ Sāng bù zháTunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script
• 吞声忍气tūn shēng rěn qìsee 忍气吞声

Words containing 吞

• 狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yànto wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
• 慢吞吞màn tūn tūnvery slow; exasperatingly slow
• 忍气吞声rěn qì tūn shēngto submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger…
• 侵吞qīn tūnto annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle
• 并吞bìng tūnto swallow up; to annex; to merge
• 温吞wēn tūntepid; lukewarm; (fig.) apathetic; half-hearted; sluggish; mild-tempered
• 独吞dú tūnto hog; to keep everything for oneself
• 私吞sī tūnto misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle
• 云吞yún tūnwonton
• 巴吞鲁日Bā tūn Lǔ rìBaton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
• 慢慢吞吞màn man tūn tūnvery slow
• 生吞活剥shēng tūn huó bōto swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
• 饮恨吞声yǐn hèn tūn shēngto harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
• 大吞噬细胞dà tūn shì xì bāomacrophage
• 小吞噬细胞xiǎo tūn shì xì bāomicrophage (a type of white blood cell)
• 蚕食鲸吞cán shí jīng tūn(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)…
• 嗳气吞酸ǎi qì tūn suān(TCM) belching and acid reflux
• 嗳腐吞酸ǎi fǔ tūn suānputrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)
• 囫囵吞下hú lún tūn xiàto swallow whole; (fig.) to swallow (lies etc)
• 囫囵吞枣hú lún tūn zǎoto swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up
• 人心不足蛇吞象rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiànga man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

Characters that look like 吞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 奋fènto exert oneself (bound form)
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 劦lièunending exertion
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Sounds the same

Read tūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暾sun above the horizon
• 啍move slowly
• 焞bright; radiant; Taiwan pr. chún
• 涒planet Jupiter; vomit
• 黗yellowish-black
• 旽morning sun, sunrise
• 呑variant of 吞