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Character Decomposition
吸=口+及
Etymology
mouth
Meanings
to breathe
to suck in
to absorb
to inhale
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Words with 吸 154 total
to de-absorb · to get a chemical out of solution解吸jiě xīto suck吮吸shǔn xīto take drugs吸毒xī dúto adhere to a surface · to absorb · to draw in · (fig.) to attract · (chemistry) adsorption吸附xī fù(physics) attractive force (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) · suction · (fig.) attraction; appeal吸力xī lìto absorb · to take in and retain吸留xī liúto take in · to absorb · to admit · to accept吸纳xī nàsuction pad · sucker吸盘xī pánto inhale; to breathe in吸气xī qìto absorb · to draw (a lesson, insight etc) · to assimilate吸取xī qǔ(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) · (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) · to drink through a straw吸食xī shíto absorb · to assimilate · to ingest · to recruit吸收xī shōuto suck on (sth) · to suck in吸吮xī shǔnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate吸引xī yǐnto draw (towards) · to be drawn to · to be sucked in吸住xī zhùto breathe in · to suck in · to inhale吸入xī rùsucker mouth吸口xī kǒuto vacuum the floor吸地xī dìto suckle · to pump breast milk with a breast pump吸奶xī nǎitoilet plunger吸把xī bǎto breathe · to absorb oxygen吸氧xī yǎngabsorbent吸水xī shuǐto absorb moisture吸湿xī shīto smoke吸烟xī yān
Idioms with 吸 10 total Chain
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