吞吐
tūn tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

吞吐
 - 
tūn tǔ
  1. to take in and send out (in large quantities)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to put
  3. 3 to say
tù cáo
  1. 1 (slang) to roast
  2. 2 to ridicule
  3. 3 also pr. [tǔ cáo]
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
tǔ qì
  1. 1 to exhale
  2. 2 to blow off steam
  3. 3 (phonetics) aspirated
tǔ tán
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to expectorate
tǔ lù
  1. 1 to tell
  2. 2 to disclose
  3. 3 to reveal
tūn shì
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to engulf
  3. 3 to gobble up
ǒu tù
  1. 1 to vomit
màn tūn tūn
  1. 1 very slow
  2. 2 exasperatingly slow
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
tán tǔ
  1. 1 style of conversation
yún tūn
  1. 1 wonton
yī tǔ wéi kuài
  1. 1 to get sth off one's chest
bìng tūn
  1. 1 to swallow up
  2. 2 to annex
  3. 3 to merge
qīn tūn
  1. 1 to annex
  2. 2 to swallow (up)
  3. 3 to embezzle
cuī tù
  1. 1 emetic
qīng tǔ
  1. 1 to pour out (emotions)
  2. 2 to unburden oneself (of strong feelings)
  3. 3 to vomit comprehensively
tǔ kǒu
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
tù cáo
  1. 1 variant of 吐槽[tù cáo]

Idioms (14)

不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
  1. 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
倾心吐胆
qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
  1. 1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
  1. 1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to accept without thinking
  3. 3 to lap up
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2 to swallow one's anger
  3. 3 to grin and bear it
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
饮恨吞声
yǐn hèn tūn shēng
  1. 1 to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错。洋山深水港一期码头不过开港半年多,年吞吐量今年预计就将高达300万TEU,也将使得今年上海港的集装箱总吞吐量再创新高。可以说,上海港因为拥有了洋山,前进的步伐正迈得更快、更坚实有力。
méicuò 。Yángshān shēnshuǐgǎng yīqī mǎtóu bùguò kāigǎng bànnián duō ,nián tūntǔliàng jīnnián yùjì jiù jiāng gāodá sānbǎi wàn TEU ,yě jiāng shǐde jīnnián Shànghǎigǎng de jízhuāngxiāng zǒng tūntǔliàng zài chuàng xīngāo 。kěyǐ shuō ,Shànghǎigǎng yīnwèi yōngyǒu le Yángshān ,qiánjìn de bùfá zhèng mài de gèng kuài 、gèng jiānshí yǒulì 。
Right. The first phase of the Yangshan Deep-Water Harbor is only half a year old but this year's freight capacity is already projected to reach three million TEU. This will also set a record for Shanghai's shipping container volume this year. You could say that because of Yangshan, Shanghai's harbors will improve even faster, and even more powerfully.