吸 (xī)
to inhale/to suck/to absorb
How 吸 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 吸
- Simplified
- 吸 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- ㇎ N/A
- 丿 bend
- ㇏ N/A
Common words using 吸
- 吸引 xīyǐn
- to attract (interest, investment etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 吸引力 xīyǐnlì
- attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- 吸收 xīshōu
- to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest
- 呼吸 hūxī
- to breathe
- 吸入 xīrù
- to breathe in; to suck in; to inhale
- 吸取 xīqǔ
- to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate
- 吸塵器 xīchénqì
- vacuum cleaner; dust catcher
- 吸毒 xīdú
- to take drugs; addiction
- 吸氣 xīqì
- to inhale; to draw in breath
- 吸煙 xīyān
- to smoke
- 吸管 xīguǎn
- (drinking) straw; pipette; eyedropper
- 吸血 xīxiě
- to suck blood
吸 in a sentence
喝珍珠奶茶要用粗的吸管。
Hē zhēnzhū nǎichá yào yòng cū de xīguǎn.
“You need to use a thick straw to drink bubble tea.”
How common is 吸?
吸 is the 922nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.8% of all running text.
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