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Meaning of 吞

Pinyin tūn、 tiān

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

to swallow / to take

Usage

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吞 [tūn] 动词 1. 不嚼或不细嚼而咽入。 (To swallow without chewing) 例：吞吐。吞咽。吞噬。狼吞虎咽。气吞山河。忍气吞声。 2. 兼并，侵占。 (To annex; to encroach) 例：吞没。吞并。吞蚀。吞占。含义说明: 1. 同本义 ([En.] devour; swallow) 2. 吞并，消灭掉 ([En.] annex) 3. 容纳 ([En.] contain) 4. 忍受 ([En.] suffer) 形容词痴呆 ([En.] dull-witted)

吞吐量 tūn tǔ liàng

handling capacity / cargo handling capacity / throughput capacity

吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back

吞吐 tūn tǔ

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke

吞噬 tūn shì

to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up

吞并 tūn bìng

to annex

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

狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn

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

并吞 bìng tūn

to swallow up / to annex / to merge

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

独吞 dú tūn

to hog / to keep everything for oneself

吞服 tūn fú

to swallow / to take (medicine)

吞声 tūn shēng

to swallow one's cries

鲸吞 jīng tūn

swallow like a whale / annex (territory)

吞灭 tūn miè

to absorb

吞噬细胞 tūn shì xì bāo

phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)

吞蚀 tūn shí

Devour

囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo

to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up

生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō

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

侵吞 qīn tūn

to annex / to swallow (up) / to embezzle