Chinese word dictionary

吞没

tūn mò · to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf

Practice word

Word information

Simplified吞没

Traditional吞沒

Pinyintūn mò

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

吞tūn

to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow

没méi

not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown

How to learn 吞没

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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没méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

没关系méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

没事méishì

it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

没有méiyǒu

haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be

没意思méiyìsi

boring; of no interest

没法儿méifǎr

(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ...; (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)