吞噬 meaning in English
to swallow; to engulf
23 strokes
Meaning of 吞噬
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
tūnshì
- to swallow
- to engulf
- to gobble up
吞噬 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
房子被火吞噬了。
The house was ablaze.
Stroke order for each character
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吞 tūn · to swallow · 7 strokes
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噬 shì · to bite · 16 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 吞噬.
| 吞没 | tūnmò | to embezzle; to swallow up |
| 慢吞吞 | màntūntūn | very slow; exasperatingly slow |
| 吞食 | tūnshí | to devour |
| 独吞 | dútūn | to hog; to keep everything for oneself |
| 狼吞虎咽 | lángtūnhǔyàn | to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself |
| 忍气吞声 | rěnqìtūnshēng | to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger |
| 吞并 | tūnbìng | to annex |
Questions about 吞噬
What does 吞噬 mean?
吞噬 (tūnshì) means "to swallow; to engulf".
How do you write 吞噬?
吞噬 is made of 2 characters: 吞 (7 strokes), 噬 (16 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.