吞

tūn

to swallow

to take

sky (天) + mouth (口) = swallow

口 anchors the meaning: something enters the mouth and goes down. 天 is there for the sound tūn, not for any sky-related sense.

天+口→吞
口MouthSemantic
天SkyPhonetic

他把药片直接吞了下去。

tā bǎ yào piàn zhí jiē tūn le xià qù。

He swallowed the pill directly.

那条蛇慢慢地把猎物整个吞进去了。

nà tiáo shé màn màn de bǎ liè wù zhěng gè tūn jìn qù le。

The snake slowly swallowed its prey whole.

Words with 吞

狼吞虎咽

láng tūn hǔ yàn

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously

吞服

tūn fú

to swallow

吞没

tūn mò

to embezzle

吞吞吐吐

tūn tūn tǔ tǔ

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

吞灭

tūn miè

to absorb

云吞

yún tūn

wonton

饮恨吞声

yǐn hèn tūn shēng

to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)

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)

并吞

bìng tūn

to swallow up

侵吞

qīn tūn

to annex

吞拿鱼

tūn ná yú

tuna (loanword)

吞吃

tūn chī

to devour

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