吞

• 拼音: tūn
• 汉字拆解: 吞 = 天 (sky, phonetic) + 口 (mouth, semantic)

含义

To swallow; to gulp down. To take something into the mouth and swallow without chewing much.

Used literally for swallowing food, medicine, or other substances. Also used figuratively in idioms and expressions: 吞吞吐吐 (hesitant speech), 侵吞 (to embezzle), 吞并 (to annex). Implies consuming something whole or completely.

例句

1. 药片太大了，我试了好几次才吞下去。
2. 他狼吞虎咽地吃完了整盘饭菜。
3. 有话就直说，别吞吞吐吐的。

用法指南

语境: everyday, medical, figurative

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 这个药要整片吞下去。(This medicine should be swallowed whole.)
• 他一口吞掉了整颗葡萄。(He swallowed the whole grape in one gulp.)

错误说法

• 我吞了一口米饭 — 吃米饭一般用'吃'，吞强调不咀嚼直接咽下，通常用于药片、整块食物等

起源与历史

Pictophonetic character with 口 (mouth) as the semantic component and 天 (sky/heaven) providing phonetic guidance.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal