吞 tūn

swallow; absorb, annex, engulf

HSK 6 #1797

DEFINITIONS

吞 tūn
  • to swallow
  • to take

STROKES

WORDS

狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
HSK 6
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
HSK 6
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back
吞噬 tūn shì to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
独吞 dú tūn to hog; to keep everything for oneself
吞并 tūn bìng to annex
忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
吞没 tūn mò to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
吞咽 tūn yàn to swallow; to gulp
吞食 tūn shí to devour
慢吞吞 màn tūn tūn very slow; exasperatingly slow
侵吞 qīn tūn to annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle
慢慢吞吞 màn man tūn tūn very slow
吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom); to blow cigarette or opium smoke
吞服 tūn fú to swallow; to take (medicine)
并吞 bìng tūn to swallow up; to annex; to merge
吞吐 tūn tǔ to take in and send out (in large quantities)
囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo to 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 xiàng a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
併吞 bìng tūn to swallow up; to annex; to merge
吞併 tūn bìng to annex
吞吃 tūn chī to devour
吞噬作用 tūn shì zuò yòng phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
吞噬细胞 tūn shì xì bāo phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
吞噬細胞 tūn shì xì bāo phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
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