The Chinese word for to swallow is
吞
tūn
Chinese Definition
| swallow | |
| 1. 吞咽 | |
| 2. 燕子 |
Translations for swallow and their definitions
| 吞 | |
| 1. to swallow (to cause food, drink, etc. to pass from the mouth into the stomach) | |
| figuratively, "to accept without thinking; to read without understanding". | |
| 2. to annex (territory, a country, etc.) |
| 燕子 | |
| 1. n. swallow (bird) |
| 咽 | |
| 1. (anatomy) throat, pharynx | |
| 2. Variant of 嚥 | |
| 3. (obsolete) to make a hoarse sound |
| 吞嚥 | |
| 1. v. to swallow |
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Pronunciation
tūn
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