"吞" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞 |  tūn | to swallow / to take |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results beginning with 吞 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞噬 | tūn shì | to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞食 | tūn shí | to devour | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞没 | tūn mò | to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞吐 | tūn tǔ | to take in and send out (in large quantities) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞并 | tūn bìng | to annex | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞咽 | tūn yàn | to swallow / to gulp | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞服 | tūn fú | to swallow / to take (medicine) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞声 | tūn shēng | to swallow one's cries | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞灭 | tūn miè | to absorb | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞金 | tūn jīn | to commit suicide by swallowing gold | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞吃 | tūn chī | to devour | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞精 | tūn jīng | to swallow semen | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞拿 | tūn ná | tuna (loanword) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 吞音 | tūn yīn | (linguistics) elision | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
» MORE
| 吞拿鱼 | tūn ná yú | tuna (loanword) | |
| 吞吞吐吐 | tūn tūn tǔ tǔ | to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back | |
| 吞声忍气 | tūn shēng rěn qì | see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1] | |
| 吞云吐雾 | tūn yún tǔ wù | to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke | |
| 吞噬细胞 | tūn shì xì bāo | phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter) | |
| 吞噬作用 | tūn shì zuò yòng | phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter) | |
| 吞咽困难 | tūn yàn kùn nán | dysphagia (medicine) | |
| 吞米桑布札 | Tūn mǐ Sāng bù zhá | Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script | |
Approximate Results for 吞 | ||||
| 侵吞 | qīn tūn | to annex / to swallow (up) / to embezzle | | |
| 独吞 | dú tūn | to hog / to keep everything for oneself | | |
| 并吞 | bìng tūn | to swallow up / to annex / to merge | | |
| 云吞 | yún tūn | wonton | | |
| 私吞 | sī tūn | to misappropriate (public funds etc) / to embezzle | | |
| 温吞 | wēn tūn | tepid / lukewarm / (fig.) apathetic / half-hearted / sluggish / mild-tempered | | |
» MORE
| 慢吞吞 | màn tūn tūn | very slow / exasperatingly slow | |
| 狼吞虎咽 | láng tūn hǔ yàn | to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself | |
| 忍气吞声 | rěn qì tūn shēng | to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it | |
| 生吞活剥 | shēng tūn huó bō | to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically | |
| 囫囵吞枣 | hú lún tūn zǎo | to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up | |
| 饮恨吞声 | yǐn hèn tūn shēng | to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom) | |
| 星系吞食 | cosmic cannibalism | | |
| 嗳腐吞酸 | ài fǔ tūn suān | putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term) | |
| 嗳腐吞酸 | ǎi fǔ tūn suān | putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term) | |
| 嗳气吞酸 | ài qì tūn suān | belching and acid swallowing (medical term) | |
| 嗳气吞酸 | ǎi qì tūn suān | belching and acid swallowing (medical term) | |
| 巴吞鲁日 | Bā tūn Lǔ rì | Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana | |
| 蚕食鲸吞 | cán shí jīng tūn | lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale | |
| 囫囵吞下 | hú lún tūn xià | to swallow whole / (fig.) to swallow (lies etc) | |
| 慢慢吞吞 | màn man tūn tūn | very slow | |
| 大吞噬细胞 | dà tūn shì xì bāo | macrophage | |
| 小吞噬细胞 | xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo | microphage (a type of white blood cell) | |
| 人心不足蛇吞象 | rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng | a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom) | |
