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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)

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

Metadata

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

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