吞

The character "吞" has 7 strokes. "吞" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "吞" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "吞" are "tūn" . View the stroke order of "吞">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "吞"

v.: swallow; devour; gobble; gorge; gulp down; annex; seize; take possession of

• swallow : v.吞；咽下；吞没；忍受；淹没；做吞咽动作；轻信；抑制；耗尽
• devour : v.狼吞虎咽地吃；吞噬；吞没；摧毁；贪婪地快速读；心中充满
• gobble : v.狼吞虎咽；大口吞食；吞咽声；大量消耗；合并；说话时发出像火鸡一样声音
• gorge : n.峡；峡谷；喉咙；柱颈；出入口；冰块；胃；鹰的嗉囊；胃里的东西
• gulp down : 大口吞下；一口吞下
• annex : v.附加；侵吞；吞并；占为己有；加；附
• seize : v.捉住；抓住；咬住；卡住；依法占有；缠扎；捆绑；夺取；没收；掌握
• take possession of : 占有；接管

Form words with "吞"

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Example phrases using "吞"

• 我上船前吞了两片晕船药以预防不适。

  I had taken two seasickness tablets as a precaution before boarding.

• 药太苦，吞不下去。

  The medicine is too bitter to get down.

• 今天鱼不吞诱饵。

  The fish are not rising to the bait today.

• 吞药片的人。

  Pill-swallowers.

• 小狗囫囵吞吃食物是很常见的

  It's quite normal for puppies to bolt their food

• 先吞一口钡餐, 接着再吞一口.

  Please swallow a mouth full of barium meal , then the other mouth.

• 小女孩说明约拿是被鲸鱼吞了的。

  The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

• 他吃苹果太快,差点把核给吞了.

  He ate the apple so quickly that he almost swallowed the core.

• 他就着一大杯茶把面包吞下肚去.

  He swilled the bread down with a mug of tea.

• 我不知道她为什么要吞了那个贝壳。

  She swallowed the crab to live in the shell.