Usage of the character 吞

to swallow
to take

tūnmiè

吞灭

[吞滅]

to absorb

tūnchī

吞吃

[吞吃]

to devour

tūnmò

吞没

[吞沒]

to embezzle
to swallow up
to engulf

tūnfú

吞服

[吞服]

to swallow
to take (medicine)

tūnyàn

吞咽

[吞嚥]

to swallow
to gulp

tūnshì

吞噬

[吞噬]

to swallow
to engulf
to gobble up

sītūn

私吞

[私吞]

to misappropriate (public funds etc)
to embezzle

tūntǔ

吞吐

[吞吐]

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

dútūn

独吞

[獨吞]

to hog
to keep everything for oneself

tūnshí

吞食

[吞食]

to devour

bìngtūn

并吞

[併吞]

to swallow up
to annex
to merge

tūnjīng

吞精

[吞精]

to swallow semen

wēntūn

温吞

[溫吞]

tepid; lukewarm
(fig.) apathetic; half-hearted; sluggish
mild-tempered

tūnná

吞拿

[吞拿]

tuna (loanword)

yúntūn

云吞

[雲吞]

wonton

tūnbìng

吞并

[吞併]

to annex

tūnjīn

吞金

[吞金]

to commit suicide by swallowing gold

qīntūn

侵吞

[侵吞]

to annex
to swallow (up)
to embezzle

tūnyīn

吞音

[吞音]

(linguistics) elision

tūnshēng

吞声

[吞聲]

to swallow one's cries

tūnnáyú

吞拿鱼

[吞拿魚]

tuna (loanword)

tūntǔliàng

吞吐量

[吞吐量]

throughput

màntūntūn

慢吞吞

[慢吞吞]

very slow
exasperatingly slow

ǎiqì-tūnsuān

嗳气吞酸

[噯氣吞酸]

(TCM) belching and acid reflux

lángtūnhǔyàn

狼吞虎咽

[狼吞虎嚥]

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

tūnshìxìbāo

吞噬细胞

[吞噬細胞]

phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)

tūnshìzuòyòng

吞噬作用

[吞噬作用]

phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)

húlúntūnxià

囫囵吞下

[囫圇吞下]

to swallow whole
(fig.) to swallow (lies etc)

tūnyúntǔwù

吞云吐雾

[吞雲吐霧]

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
to blow cigarette or opium smoke

tūntūntǔtǔ

吞吞吐吐

[吞吞吐吐]

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
to speak and break off, then start again
to hold sth back

ǎifǔtūnsuān

嗳腐吞酸

[噯腐吞酸]

putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)

Bātūn Lǔrì

巴吞鲁日

[巴吞魯日]

Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana

mànmantūntūn

慢慢吞吞

[慢慢吞吞]

very slow

rěnqìtūnshēng

忍气吞声

[忍氣吞聲]

to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
to swallow one's anger
to grin and bear it

tūnshēngrěnqì

吞声忍气

[吞聲忍氣]

see 忍氣吞聲／忍气吞声 (rěnqìtūnshēng)

húlúntūnzǎo

囫囵吞枣

[囫圇吞棗]

to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
(fig.) to accept without thinking
to lap up

tūnyànkùnnán

吞咽困难

[吞嚥困難]

dysphagia (medicine)

yǐnhèntūnshēng

饮恨吞声

[飲恨吞聲]

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

cánshíjīngtūn

蚕食鲸吞

[蠶食鯨吞]

lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale

shēngtūnhuóbō

生吞活剥

[生吞活剝]

to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically

xiǎotūnshìxìbāo

小吞噬细胞

[小吞噬細胞]

microphage (a type of white blood cell)

dàtūnshìxìbāo

大吞噬细胞

[大吞噬細胞]

macrophage

Tūnmǐ Sāngbùzhá

吞米桑布札

[吞米桑布札]

Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng

人心不足蛇吞象

[人心不足蛇吞象]

a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)