tūn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to swallow
  2. 2. to take

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 吞

吞咽
tūn yàn

to swallow

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)

并吞
bìng tūn

to swallow up

侵吞
qīn tūn

to annex

吞并
tūn bìng

to annex

吞吃
tūn chī

to devour

吞吐
tūn tǔ

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

吞噬
tūn shì

to swallow

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)

吞咽困难
tūn yàn kùn nán

dysphagia (medicine)

吞拿
tūn ná

tuna (loanword)

吞拿鱼
tūn ná yú

tuna (loanword)

吞服
tūn fú

to swallow

吞没
tūn mò

to embezzle

吞灭
tūn miè

to absorb

吞米桑布札
tūn mǐ sāng bù zhá

Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

吞精
tūn jīng

to swallow semen

吞声
tūn shēng

to swallow one's cries

吞声忍气
tūn shēng rěn qì

see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[rěn qì tūn shēng]

吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

吞音
tūn yīn

(linguistics) elision

吞食
tūn shí

to devour

嗳气吞酸
ǎi qì tūn suān

belching and acid swallowing (medical term)

嗳腐吞酸
ǎi fǔ tūn suān

putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)

囫囵吞下
hú lún tūn xià

to swallow whole

囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo

to swallow in one gulp (idiom)

大吞噬细胞
dà tūn shì xì bāo

macrophage

小吞噬细胞
xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo

microphage (a type of white blood cell)

巴吞鲁日
bā tūn lǔ rì

Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana

忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng

to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence

慢吞吞
màn tūn tūn

very slow

慢慢吞吞
màn man tūn tūn

very slow

温吞
wēn tūn

tepid; lukewarm

狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously

独吞
dú tūn

to hog

生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō

to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically

私吞
sī tūn

to misappropriate (public funds etc)

蚕食鲸吞
cán shí jīng tūn

lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)

云吞
yún tūn

wonton

饮恨吞声
yǐn hèn tūn shēng

to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)