| 吞噬 | tūn shì | to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up |   |
| 燕子 | yàn zi | swallow | |
| 咽下 | yàn xià | to swallow | |
| 吞咽 | tūn yàn | to swallow / to gulp | |
| 侵吞 | qīn tūn | to annex / to swallow (up) / to embezzle | |
| 吞服 | tūn fú | to swallow / to take (medicine) | |
| 吞 |  tūn | to swallow / to take | |
| 咽 | yàn | to swallow | |
| 饵 | ěr | pastry / food / to swallow / to lure / bait / lure | |
| 哙 | kuài | throat / to swallow | |
| 嚃 | tà | (literary) to drink / to swallow | |
| 嚥 | yàn | to swallow | |
| 鳦 | yǐ | a swallow (bird) | |
| 鷾 | yì | a swallow | |
| 囫囵吞下 | hú lún tūn xià | to swallow whole / (fig.) to swallow (lies etc) | |
| 吞没 | tūn mò | to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf | |
| 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 | |
| 并吞 | bìng tūn | to swallow up / to annex / to merge | |
| 生吞活剥 | shēng tūn huó bō | to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically | |
| 劳燕分飞 | láo yàn fēn fēi | the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other | |
| 囫囵吞枣 | hú lún tūn zǎo | to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up | |
| 莺歌燕舞 | yīng gē yàn wǔ | the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom) | |
| 银燕 | yín yàn | silver swallow / airplane (affectionate) | |
| 食古不化 | shí gǔ bù huà | to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject | |
| 吞声 | tūn shēng | to swallow one's cries | |
| 吞云吐雾 | tūn yún tǔ wù | to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke | |
| 来鸿去燕 | lái hóng qù yàn | lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) / fig. always on the move | |
| 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 | yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | |
| 良药苦口 | liáng yào kǔ kǒu | good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) / fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow | |
| 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) | |
| 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 | dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn | lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically | |
| 家燕 | jiā yàn | (bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) | |
| 包举 | bāo jǔ | to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge | |
| 燕尾蝶 | yān wěi dié | swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) | |
| 燕雀乌鹊 | yàn què wū què | lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie / fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry / a bunch of nobodies | |
| 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 | yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | |
| 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 | |
| 觾 | yàn | variant of 燕[yan4], swallow | |
| 身轻如燕 | shēn qīng rú yàn | as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl) | |
| 雏燕 | chú yàn | swallow chick | |
| 斯沃洛浮筒 | | Swallow float | |
| 吞精 | tūn jīng | to swallow semen | |
| 卷裹 | juǎn guǒ | to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up | |
| 线尾燕 | xiàn wěi yàn | (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) | |
| 斑腰燕 | bān yāo yàn | (bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata) | |
| 洋燕 | yáng yàn | (bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica) | |
| 金腰燕 | jīn yāo yàn | (bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica) | |
| 呛到 | qiāng dào | to choke on (food etc) / to swallow the wrong way | |
| 乳燕 | rǔ yàn | baby swallow | |
| 燕尾蝶 | yàn wěi dié | swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) | |
| 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 | |
