tūn
吞 (tūn) is a Chinese word meaning “to swallow; to take”.
Meanings
- 1to swallow
- 2to take
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
吞噬to swallow生吞活剥to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically独吞to hog狼吞虎咽to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously吞并to annex忍气吞声to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence吞没to embezzle吞咽to swallow吞食to devour慢吞吞very slow吞吞吐吐to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth侵吞to annex