吞	1153C35   90.40	部居	畫數  7	ㄊㄨㄣ [tun1] .
V	(1)  To swallow (lit. & fig.): 吞下去 swallow down; 吞不下咽 cannot swallow food (out of sorrow); 狼吞虎嚥 to eat voraciously; 吞雲吐霧 (fig.) to smoke opium or tobacco; 吞煙 to swallow opium as means of suicide; 吞金，吞刀 swallow gold, knife as means of suicide; 忍氣吞聲 swallow insult and humiliation silently; 吞恨 to suffer grief, anger silently. (2)  To absorb, annex another country: 吞併，併吞鄰國 annex neighboring country; 吞併，吞佔，吞據 tun1bihng, tunjiah, tunjU4↓; 鯨吞 gobble up neighbor's territory (蠶食 nibble at same).
Words	1.吞併 [tun1bing4], v.t., to annex (territory) by force.  2.吞佔 [tun1zhan4], v.t., take possession of land illegally.  3.吞據 [tun1jU4], v.t., ditto.  4.吞滅 [tun1mie4], v.t., destroy (another country).  5.吞沒 [tun1mo4], v.t., (1)  destroy (country); (2)  embezzle (吞沒公款).  6.吞噬 [tun1shi4], v.t., to eat up in large mouthfuls, gobble up.  7.吞吐 [tun1tu3], v.i., not to speak out one's mind straightforwardly: 半吞半吐，吞吞吐吐 “speak a word, swallow the next word”; 吞吐了半天 hem and haw for a long time.