Chinese symbol for “devour”
吞食
tūn shí
to devour
The closest CC-CEDICT match for devour is 吞食 (tūn shí), defined as: to devour.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “devour”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 噬 | shì | to devour; to bite |
| 吃干抹净 (吃乾抹淨) | chī gān mā jìng | (idiom) to devour (food); (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit |
| 吞吃 | tūn chī | to devour |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吞食.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吞噬 | tūn shì | to swallow; to engulf |
| 吞并 (吞併) | tūn bìng | to annex |
| 吞吐量 | tūn tǔ liàng | throughput |
| 侵吞 | qīn tūn | to annex; to swallow (up) |
| 吞没 (吞沒) | tūn mò | to embezzle; to swallow up |
| 忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲) | rěn qì tūn shēng | to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
See also: Japanese symbol for “devour”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.