tūn
shí

common
verb

Meaning of 吞食

吞食 means to swallow; to devour; to engulf. Pronounced tūn shí.

  • to swallow; to devour; to engulf

Definitions & Examples

tūn
shí
xiǎo
 

Big fish devour small fish.

Huǒ
yàn
xùn
tūn
shí
le
zhěng
dòng
jiàn
zhù
 

The flames quickly engulfed the entire building.

Zhè
jiā
xiǎo
gōng
bèi
kuà
guó
tūn
shí
le
 

This small company was swallowed up by a multinational corporation.

Shé
kǒu
tūn
shí
le
zhī
lǎo
shǔ
 

The snake swallowed the rat in one gulp.