吞没 (tūn mò) — to engulf, to swallow up; to embezzle, to misap…

Definition

verb

to engulfto swallow upto embezzleto misappropriate

吞没。
Dà huǒ hěn kuài tūn mò le zhěng gè cūn zhuāng.
The fire quickly engulfed the entire village.
吞没。
Jù làng tūn mò le nà sōu xiǎo chuán.
Huge waves swallowed up that small boat.
吞没。
Tā lì yòng zhí wù zhī biàn tūn mò le dà bǐ gōng kuǎn.
He took advantage of his position to embezzle a large sum of public funds.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

没méisubmerge

“吞” means swallow and “没” means submerge, so the word describes swallowing something up or engulfing it.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 沒; 没 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠬛

𠬛𠬛沒mò

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 沒 pairs 水 (water) with 𠬛 as a sound part; this note is about 沒, not the simplified 没.

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