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吞吞吐吐 บ่นพึมพำ
Stroke order
吞吞吐吐 is written in 26 strokes across 4 characters.

- 吞 — 7 strokes
- 吞 — 7 strokes
- 吐 — 6 strokes
- 吐 — 6 strokes
Senses
- to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
- to speak and break off, then start again
- to hold sth back
Related words
吞吞吐吐 is pronounced tūntūntǔtǔ and means “บ่นพึมพำ”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 吞吞吐吐 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.