Chinese Notes

吞 tūn

tūn verb to swallow
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '吞' v 1; Unihan '吞')
tūn verb to annex
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 兼并 (Guoyu '吞' v 2; Unihan '吞')
tūn verb to contain; to engulf; to include
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 包含 (Guoyu '吞' v 3; Unihan '吞')
tūn verb to contain; to engulf; to include
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 包含 (Guoyu '吞' v 3; Unihan '吞')
tūn proper noun Tun
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '吞' n)

Contained in

吞吐 to breath in and out ; to swallow and spit out ; vague language
吞拿鱼(吞拿魚) tuna
人心不足蛇吞象 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
嗳气吞酸(噯氣吞酸) belching and acid swallowing
囫囵吞下(囫圇吞下) to swallow whole; (fig.) to swallow (lies etc)
独吞(獨吞) to hog; to keep everything for oneself
吞并(吞併) to annex
饮恨吞声(飲恨吞聲) drink bitterness and swallow cries; bitter regret
吞服 to swallow; to take (medicine)
慢吞吞 very slow; exasperatingly slow
吞声(吞聲) to swallow one's cries
吞精 to swallow semen
吞吃 to devour
嗳腐吞酸(噯腐吞酸) putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid
吞拿 tuna
吞没(吞沒) to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
生吞活剥(生吞活剝) to swallow whole; to apply uncritically
吞咽困难(吞嚥困難) dysphagia
饮气吞声(飲氣吞聲) drink anger and swallow cries; bitter regret
吞米桑布札 Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script
吞噬细胞(吞噬細胞) phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
并吞(併吞) to swallow up; to annex; to merge
忍气吞声(忍氣吞聲) to submit to humiliation; to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
囫囵吞枣(囫圇吞棗) to swallow in one gulp; to accept without thinking; to lap up
云吞(雲吞) wonton
吞噬作用 phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
小吞噬细胞(小吞噬細胞) microphage (a type of white blood cell)
狼吞虎咽(狼吞虎嚥) to wolf down one's food; to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
吞噬 to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
征大吞小 went on campaigns against the large [states] and swallowed the small
侵吞 to annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle
吞金 to commit suicide by swallowing gold
大吞噬细胞(大吞噬細胞) macrophage
吞食 to devour
慢慢吞吞 very slow
吞咽(吞嚥) to swallow; to gulp
吞灭(吞滅) to absorb
吞吞吐吐 to hum and haw; to mumble as if hiding something; to speak and break off, then start again
私吞 to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle
吞云吐雾(吞雲吐霧) to swallow clouds and blow out fog; to blow cigarette or opium smoke
吞吐量 throughput

Also contained in

埃赫那吞、巴吞他尼、一口吞尽、巴吞鲁日

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
第十五回 Chapter 15 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
卷四十二蜀書十二　　杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
卷二十七志第十七符瑞上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Auspicious Signs 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 4
卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4
第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4

Collocations

吞舟 (吞舟) 吞舟之魚 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 21
吞天下 (吞天下) 秦王趙政兼吞天下而亡 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 10
吞炭 (吞炭) 曼聲吞炭內閉而不歌 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 10
漏吞 (漏吞) 網漏吞舟之魚 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十三刑法志 Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law — count: 9
吞二 (吞二) 吞二周而亡諸侯 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 5
志吞 (誌吞) 志吞中夏 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八志第十八五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 4
遂吞 (遂吞) 因遂吞之 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 6 — count: 4
吞小 (吞小) 猶大魚之吞小魚也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十五指武 Chapter 15: Depending on Military Strength — count: 3
欲吞 (欲吞) 楚欲吞宋鄭而畏齊 — Guanzi 管子, 霸形第二十二 Chapter 22: Ba Xing — count: 3
吞药 (吞藥) 乃吞藥自殺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蒙恬列傳》 Biography of Meng Tian — count: 3