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
- 密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统(密閉式循環再呼吸水肺系統) closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)
- 吸收剂量(吸收劑量) absorbed dose
- 口吸盘(口吸盤) oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
- 吸力 attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics); attractive force
- 静脉吸毒(靜脈吸毒) intravenous drug; IV drug
- 严重急性呼吸系统综合症(嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- 吸口 sucker mouth
- 吸虫(吸蟲) trematoda; fluke; trematode worm
- 吸烟(吸煙) to smoke
- 吸管 (drinking) straw; pipette; eyedropper; snorkel
- 吸盘(吸盤) suction pad; sucker
- 吸吮 to suck on; to suck in
- 血吸虫(血吸蟲) schistosoma
- 吸血 to suck blood
- 吸引子 attractor (dynamical systems)
- 呼吸困难(呼吸困難) dyspnea; shortness of breath
- 吸水 absorbent
- 非吸烟(非吸煙) nonsmoking
- 肝吸虫(肝吸蟲) liver fluke
- 吸尘机(吸塵機) vacuum cleaner
- 吸烟区(吸煙區) smoking area
- 吸气(吸氣) to inhale; to draw in breath
- 腹吸盘(腹吸盤) acetabulum (part of the pelvis bone)
- 吸奶 to suckle; to pump breast milk with a breast pump
- 吸入阀(吸入閥) suction valve
- 吸取 to absorb; to assimilate
- 吸顶灯(吸頂燈) flush-mounted ceiling lamp
- 虹吸 siphon
- 吸金 money-spinning; moneymaking
- 吸碳 to absorb carbon
- 同类相吸(同類相吸) like attracts like
- 吸收 to take in; to absorb ; to assimilate; to ingest ; to recruit; to enroll
- 吸虫纲(吸蟲綱) Class Trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
- 吸入器 inhaler
- 吸附剂(吸附劑) absorbent
- 吸取教训(吸取教訓) to draw a lesson (from a setback)
- 吸音 sound-absorbing
- 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
- 异性相吸(異性相吸) opposite polarities attract; opposite sexes attract; opposites attract
- 吸附 absorption
- 吸进(吸進) to inhale; to breathe in
- 吸热(吸熱) heat absorption
- 吸烟室(吸煙室) smoking room
- 吸纳(吸納) to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept
- 吸血者 blood sucker; a leech; leecher
- 吸声(吸聲) sound absorption
- 吸盘鱼(吸盤魚) shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
- 吸蜜鸟(吸蜜鳥) honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
- 吸氧 to breathe; to absorb oxygen
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- 卷第十六 九歎 Chapter 16: Nine Laments Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 6
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 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
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 Book of Han 漢書 — 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
- 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
- 王吸 (王吸) 王吸出武關 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — 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
- 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