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.

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他把药片直接了下去。

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

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)

吞服

tūn fú

to swallow

吞没

tūn mò

to embezzle

吞并

tūn bìng

to annex

吞吃

tūn chī

to devour

吞吐

tūn tǔ

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

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