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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tūnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣㄕˋ
  - 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

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

Synonyms

(to annex):

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)

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