吞

To swallow in Chinese: 吞 (tūn)

tūn

to swallow

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to swallow
  2. 2to take

Stroke order

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吞

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄣ

tūn

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他太饿了，几口就把包子吞下去。

    tā tài è le， jǐ kǒu jiù bǎ bāo zǐ tūn xià qù。

    He was so hungry he swallowed the bun in a few bites.

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外来

wài lái

external

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