吞

tūn

swallow; absorb, annex, engulf

How to write 吞, stroke by stroke

to swallow; to take

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 天

Made of 天 + 口

吞噬tūn shìto swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
吞没tūn mòto embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
慢吞吞màn tūn tūnvery slow; exasperatingly slow
吞食tūn shíto devour
独吞dú tūnto hog; to keep everything for oneself
吞并tūn bìngto annex
狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yànto wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
忍气吞声rěn qì tūn shēngto submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
并吞bìng tūnto swallow up; to annex; to merge
侵吞qīn tūnto annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle
吞吃tūn chīto devour
吞吐tūn tǔto take in and send out (in large quantities)

快点快点，你还慢吞吞的话我们就要迟到了。
kuài diǎn kuài diǎn ， nǐ hái màn tūn tūn de huà wǒ men jiù yào chí dào le 。
Come on, we'll be late if you don't hurry up.
房子被火吞噬了。
fáng zi bèi huǒ tūn shì le 。
The house was in flames.
他狼吞虎咽地吃了一顿。
tā láng tūn hǔ yàn dì chī le yí dùn 。
He devoured his meal.
别狼吞虎咽的。你最好细嚼慢咽地吃。
bié láng tūn hǔ yàn de 。 nǐ zuì hǎo xì jiáo màn yàn dì chī 。
Stop inhaling your food. You should eat a little slower.
食物在吞咽前要经过咀嚼。
shí wù zài tūn yàn qián yào jīng guò jǔ jué 。
Food should be chewed before being swallowed.