吞
Meanings
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- 1.to swallow
- 2.to take
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Wiktionary
- 1.to swallow (to cause food, drink, etc. to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
- 2.to annex (territory, a country, etc.)
- 3.a surname
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Etymology
Attested somewhat late (in Warring States period's texts). Starostin reconstructs 吞 (OC *tʰən) derives it from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dʱɨ̄n/ŋ (“to swallow, to drink”), whence also Tibetan འཐུང ('thung, “to drink”) & Lepcha ᰋᰩᰵ (thóng, “to drink”), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-tuŋ (“to drink, to suckle”); however, STEDT does not derive 吞 from or compare it to *m/s-tuŋ. Schuessler (2007) compares it to several Kam-Tai words: Thai กลืน (glʉʉn), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜤𑜃 (k(l)en), Saek [script needed] (tlɯɯnᴬ¹), Proto-Kam-Sui *ʔdun, etc.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
食物在吞嚥前要經過咀嚼。
Food should be chewed before being swallowed.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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