tūn吞
吞
HSK 6
common
verb
noun
Meaning of 吞
吞 means to swallow; to gulp down; to annex; to embezzle; to seize. Pronounced tūn. HSK 6.
- to swallow; to gulp down
- to annex; to embezzle; to seize
- a surname
Character Info
Radical口
Strokes11
Components
口
春
Stroke Order
吞
Definitions & Examples
Tā他
è饿
jí极
le了
，
láng狼
tūn吞
hǔ虎
yàn咽
de地
chī吃
wán完
le了
zhěng整
wǎn碗
miàn面
。
He was so hungry that he finished the whole bowl of noodles in great haste.
Xiǎo小
hái孩
zi子
bù不
yào要
hú囫
lún囵
tūn吞
zǎo枣
，
duì对
cháng肠
wèi胃
bù不
hǎo好
。
Don't swallow dates whole like a fool, it's bad for your stomach.
Wǒ我
gǎn感
mào冒
le了
，
zhí直
jiē接
bǎ把
liǎng两
lì粒
kǎng感
mìng冒
yào药
tūn吞
xià下
qù去
le了
。
I had a cold, so I just swallowed two cold medicine pills directly.
Tā他
jǐn紧
zhāng张
dé得
lián连
shuǐ水
dōu都
méi没
tūn吞
jiù就
kāi开
kǒu口
shuō说
huà话
le了
。
He was so nervous that he spoke without even taking a sip of water.
Xiǎo小
māo猫
chī吃
yú鱼
shí时
hěn很
shǎo少
xì细
jiáo嚼
，
dà大
duō多
shì是
zhèng整
kuài块
tūn吞
xià下
qù去
。
When eating fish, kittens rarely chew carefully and mostly swallow it in chunks.
Relations
Common Words
吞咽tūnyàn
swallow; gulp down; hold back
吞并 / 吞併tūnbìng
annex; swallow up; merge
狼吞虎咽lángtūnhǔyàn
wolf down food; gobble up; eat voraciously
侵吞qīntūn
embezzle; annex by force
吞灭 / 吞滅tūnmiè
annex and destroy; swallow up
吞没 / 吞沒tūnmò
embezzle; engulf; submerge
囫囵吞枣 / 囫圇吞棗húlúntūnzǎo
to accept uncritically; to swallow whole
独吞 / 獨吞dútūn
monopolize; take all for oneself
吞金tūnjīn
swallow gold to commit suicide