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吞噬
tūnshì
1. to swallow
2. to engulf
3. to gobble up
Common • Top 8%

Character Breakdown

吞
tūn
to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
HSK 6 7 丶
噬
shì
to bite, to gnaw; to snap at
16 丶

Compound Words (4)

吞噬作用
tūnshìzuòyòng
phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
吞噬细胞
tūnshìxìbāo
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
大吞噬细胞
dàtūnshìxìbāo
macrophage
小吞噬细胞
xiǎotūnshìxìbāo
microphage (a type of white blood cell)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
6,595 of 84,292