tūn

to swallow; to take

HSK 6 #1797

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1797th character
Radical ⼝ (30.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 607

Definitions

吞 tūn
  1. 1. to swallow
  2. 2. to take

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Words containing 吞

Word Meaning
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
to keep everything for oneself; to hog
to annex
to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
to swallow up; to engulf; to embezzle
to swallow; to gulp
to devour
very slow; exasperatingly slow
to embezzle; to swallow (up); to annex
very slow
to blow cigarette or opium smoke
to take (medicine); to swallow
to annex; to merge; to swallow up
to take in and send out (in large quantities)
(fig.) to accept without thinking
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
to annex; to merge; to swallow up
to annex
to devour
phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
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