吞噬

Chinese

		to swallow; to take	devour; to bite
trad. (吞噬)		吞	噬
simp. #(吞噬)		吞	噬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tan¹ sai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thun-sē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tunshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻun¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: twūn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuenshyh
    • Palladius: туньши (tunʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tan¹ sai⁶
    • Yale: tān saih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tan¹ sai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ten¹ sei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thun-sē
    • Tâi-lô: thun-sē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tunse
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² se²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun³³ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² se²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ se³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ se³³/

Verb

吞噬

1. (literally, figuratively) to swallow; to gobble up
2. (biochemistry, immunology, cytology) to phagocytose; to phagocytize
3. (figuratively) to annex (territory, country, etc.)

Synonyms

• (to annex):

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• 併吞 / 并吞 (bìngtūn)
• 侵吞 (qīntūn)
• 兼併 / 兼并 (jiānbìng)
• 包舉 / 包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
• 吞
• 吞併 / 吞并 (tūnbìng)

 

Derived terms

• 吞噬作用 (tūnshì zuòyòng)
• 吞噬細胞 / 吞噬细胞 (tūnshì xìbāo)

 

Related terms

• 吞食 (tūnshí)
• 吞沒／吞没 (tūnmò)