吸 xī
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              xī 
              verb 
              to breathe; to inhale 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吸'; Guoyu '吸' v 1; Kroll 2015 '吸' 1, p. 483; Unihan '吸'; XHZD '吸' 1, p. 800) - 
              xī 
              verb 
              to absorb; to attract 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吸'; Guoyu '吸' v 3; Unihan '吸'; XHZD '吸' 2, p. 800) - 
              xī 
              verb 
              to drink 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '吸' v 2; Kroll 2015 '吸' 2, p. 483) 
Contained in
- 吸附剂(吸附劑) absorbent
 - 吸奶 to suckle; to pump breast milk with a breast pump
 - 吸睛 eye-catching
 - 吸进(吸進) to inhale; to breathe in
 - 吸入器 inhaler
 - 吸碳存 carbon sink
 - 呼吸管 snorkel
 - 吸气器(吸氣器) inhaler
 - 吸盘鱼(吸盤魚) shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
 - 吸把 toilet plunger
 - 吸毒成瘾(吸毒成癮) drug addiction
 - 吸入阀(吸入閥) suction valve
 - 磁吸 (of a magnet) to attract metallic objects
 - 上呼吸道感染 upper respiratory tract infection
 - 吸引 to attract
 - 吸入 to breathe in; to suck in; to inhale
 - 吸烟室(吸煙室) smoking room
 - 吸食 to suck; to take in
 - 吸取 to absorb; to assimilate
 - 吸虫(吸蟲) trematoda; fluke; trematode worm
 - 吸积(吸積) accretion
 - 吸住 to draw (towards); to be drawn to; to be sucked in
 - 吸虫纲(吸蟲綱) Class Trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
 - 吸碳 to absorb carbon
 - 吸口 sucker mouth
 - 吸附性 absorption; absorbability
 - 同类相吸(同類相吸) like attracts like
 - 吸湿(吸濕) to absorb; absorbent
 - 吸尽(吸盡) to absorb completely; to drink up
 - 禁止吸烟(禁止吸煙) No smoking!
 - 非吸烟(非吸煙) nonsmoking
 - 解吸 to de-absorb; to get a chemical out of solution
 - 吸顶灯(吸頂燈) flush-mounted ceiling lamp
 - 吸烟区(吸煙區) smoking area
 - 倒吸一口凉气(倒吸一口涼氣) to gasp (with amazement or shock etc); to feel a chill run down one's spine
 - 吸引力 attractive force ; sex appeal; attractiveness
 - 吸门(吸門) epiglottis
 - 吸奶器 breast pump
 - 吸引子 attractor (dynamical systems)
 - 虹吸 siphon
 - 吸盘(吸盤) suction pad; sucker
 - 二级头呼吸器(二級頭呼吸器) (diving) regulator; demand valve
 - 吸尘器(吸塵器) vacuum cleaner; dust catcher
 - 呼吸 to breathe ; a majestic air ; a flash; an instant
 - 备用二级头呼吸器(備用二級頭呼吸器) backup regulator; octopus (diving)
 - 吸尘机(吸塵機) vacuum cleaner
 - 吸金 money-spinning; moneymaking
 - 吮吸 to suck
 - 吸声(吸聲) sound absorption
 - 吸力 attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics); attractive force
 
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
 - 卷第十六 九歎 Chapter 16: Nine Laments Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 6
 - 第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
 - 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
 - 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
 - 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 3
 - 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 3
 - 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
 - 卷第十一 惜誓 Chapter 11: Sorrow for Troth Betrayed Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 2
 - 卷二十 泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
 
Collocations
- 吸吸 (吸吸) 吸吸惙惙 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十五 列傳第四十五 謝莊 王景文 Volume 85 Biographies 45: Xie Zhuang, Wang Jingwen — count: 12
 - 嘘吸 (噓吸) 噓吸之間 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans — count: 7
 - 上吸 (上吸) 向巽地上吸一口氣 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 5
 - 田吸 (田吸) 使灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《田儋列傳》 Biography of Tian Dan — count: 4
 - 吐吸 (吐吸) 抱含吐吸 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun — count: 3
 - 吸精粹 (吸精粹) 吸精粹而吐氛濁兮 — Songs of Chu 楚辭, 卷第十六 九歎 Chapter 16: Nine Laments — count: 3
 - 吸清 (吸清) 吸清雲之流瑕兮 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 3
 - 吸风 (吸風) 吸風飲露 — Liezi 列子, 卷第二 黃帝篇 Chapter 2: The Yellow Emperor — count: 3
 - 吸飞 (吸飛) 吸飛泉之微液兮 — Songs of Chu 楚辭, 卷第五 遠遊 Chapter 5: Far-off Journey — count: 3
 - 吸潦 (吸潦) 吸潦吐波 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十二 Scroll 12 — count: 2