鯨吞

Chinese

		whale	to swallow; to take
trad. (鯨吞)		鯨	吞
simp. (鲸吞)		鲸	吞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngtūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ tan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngtūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingtun
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-tʻun¹
    • Yale: jīng-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtuen
    • Palladius: цзинтунь (czintunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king⁴ tan¹
    • Yale: kìhng tān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ tan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

鯨吞

1. to swallow (like a whale); (particularly) to annex (territory)

Derived terms

• 蠶食鯨吞 / 蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)