吸

The character "吸" has 6 strokes. "吸" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "吸" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "吸" are "xī" . View the stroke order of "吸">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "吸"

v.: inhale; breathe in; draw; suck; absorb; soak up; suck up; attract; draw to oneself

• inhale : v.吸入；狼吞虎咽；大吃大嚼
• breathe in : 吸气；吸入
• draw : v.绘制；勾画；画；拉；拖；拔出；抽出；取出；排出；引出；引起；激起；以平局结束；使（球）朝预定的目标作弧线运动；(船)吃水；(帆)吃饱风
• suck : v.吸；太差；令人不快；令人厌恶；吸引；卷入；吞没；含在嘴里舔吃；吮吸；吸…的奶
• absorb : v.吸收；吸引…的注意力；使全神贯注；吞并；接受；将…合并；占用；消减
• soak up : 吸收
• suck up : 巴结；奉承
• attract : v.引来；吸引；引起；诱惑；激起；使（人）产生兴趣

Form words with "吸"

吸气阀 inhalation valve

吸口气 take a breath

吸鼻烟 sniff snuff;snuff tobacco

吸水量 soakage

吸留水 occluded water

吸湿度 wettability

用吸管吸果汁 suck juice through a straw

Example phrases using "吸"

• 旋涡把浮在水面上的东西都向下吸。

  The whirlpool sucks down everything floating on the water.

• 他每天最少吸五支烟。

  He smokes no less than five cigarettes a day.

• 他吸的香烟是特制的。

  The cigarettes he smoked were specially made.

• 软纸容易吸墨水。

  Soft paper tends to blot.

• 他们用麦秆吸冰镇薄荷酒。

  They suck mint juleps through straws.

• 他吸了吸气，皱起了鼻子。

  He sniffed and wrinkled his nose.

• 只有微弱的狗的吸鼻声才时而打破的沉寂。

  A silence broken only by the faint snuffles of the dogs.

• 他吸了一口方头雪茄烟。

  He took a pull on his cheroot.

• 我们吸了点大麻。

  [with obj.]we toke some grass.

• 他像吸水纸吸墨水一般吸取知识。

  He absorbed knowledge as a blotter does ink.