tūn = tu + (e)n1
to swallow / to take
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How to pronounce 吞

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= tu initial

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)n1 final

In front of the encampment.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

吞 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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tiān = ti + an1
day / sky / heaven
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Characters with 吞 as component

吞 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 吞

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to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself

Sentences with 吞

吞 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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tūn

to swallow / to take

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