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吞
tūn
1. to swallow
2. to take
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

吞
tūn
to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

吞声
tūnshēng
to swallow one's cries
吞金
tūnjīn
to commit suicide by swallowing gold
并吞
bìngtūn
to swallow up
吞食
tūnshí
to devour
吞噬
tūnshì
to swallow
侵吞
qīntūn
to annex
吞并
tūnbìng
to annex
吞咽
tūnyàn
to swallow
私吞
sītūn
to misappropriate (public funds etc)
独吞
dútūn
to hog
吞吃
tūnchī
to devour
吞拿
tūnná
tuna (loanword)
吞精
tūnjīng
to swallow semen
吞吐
tūntǔ
to take in and send out (in large quantities)
吞服
tūnfú
to swallow
吞没
tūnmò
to embezzle
吞灭
tūnmiè
to absorb
云吞
yúntūn
wonton
慢吞吞
màntūntūn
very slow
吞拿鱼
tūnnáyú
tuna (loanword)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,796
Word Frequency Rank
4,064 of 84,292

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