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tūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tūn | tun1
English translation
to swallow
to take
to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow

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About tūn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

tūn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of tūn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

天口

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

tiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and tiān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tūn

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囫囵 hú lún tūn xià wǎn 面条 miàntiáo .

He bolted down a bowl of noodles.

yīn 嗓子 sǎngzi téng ér Néng 吞咽 tūn yàn .

He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.

zhū 总是 zǒngshì 狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn de chī 东西 dōngxī .

Pigs guzzle their food.

自体吞噬 tūn shì 似乎 sìhū 液泡 de 积极 jījí 参加 cānjiā 有关 yǒu guān .

Autophagy, appears to involve an active participation of the vacuolar membranes.

由于 yóuyú 得不 dào 多少 duōshǎo 反应 fǎnyìng , de 演说 yǎn shuō 吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ de shōu le cháng .

Owing to little response, his speech tailed off to a hesitant end.

Words with tūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tūn to take tūn
吞噬 tūn shì to swallow吞噬 tūn shì
吞咽 tūn yàn to swallow吞嚥
吞并 tūn bìng to annex吞併
侵吞 qīn tūn to annex侵吞 qīn tūn
吞没 tūn mò to embezzle吞沒
忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng to swallow one's anger忍氣吞聲
狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn to gorge oneself狼吞虎嚥
吞食 tūn shí to devour吞食 tūn shí
慢吞吞 màn tūn tūn very slow慢吞吞 màn tūn tūn
吞吐 tūn tǔ to take in and send out (in large quantities)吞吐 tūn tǔ
吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ to hold sth back吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ
独吞 dú tūn to hog獨吞
生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically生吞活剝
吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to blow cigarette or opium smoke吞雲吐霧
私吞 sī tūn to embezzle私吞 sī tūn
慢慢吞吞 màn man tūn tūn very slow慢慢吞吞 màn man tūn tūn
并吞 bìng tūn to annex併吞
吞吃 tūn chī to devour吞吃 tūn chī
囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo to lap up囫圇吞棗
吞服 tūn fú to swallow吞服 tūn fú
吞金 tūn jīn to commit suicide by swallowing gold吞金 tūn jīn
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)人心不足蛇吞象 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
吞灭 tūn miè to absorb吞滅
吞声 tūn shēng to swallow one's cries吞聲

tūn Decomposition & Compounds

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tūn Decomposition

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