吸 (kap1 | xi1) : inhale; absorb; attract

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吸

kap1

xi1

[1] inhale; breathe/suck/draw in | [antonym] 呼
[2] absorb; soak up; suction
[3] attract; captivate; draw to oneself

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

吸

This word has been viewed 11641 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Sep 2013 15:30

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吸引 kap1 jan5 xi1 yin3 = to attract, be attractive

吸氣 kap1 hei3 xi1 qi4 = to inhale

深呼吸 sam1 fu1 kap1 shen1 hu1 xi1 = to take deep breath

呼吸 fu1 kap1 hu1 xi1 = to breathe; respiration

吸塵 kap1 can4 = to vacuum

吸塵機 kap1 can4 gei1 = vacuum cleaner

吸毒 kap1 duk6 xi1 du2 = to take drugs

吸煙 kap1 jin1 xi1 yan1 = to smoke a cigarette

不准吸煙 bat1 zeon2 kap1 jin1 bu4 zhun3 xi1 yan1 = no smoking 國

吸取 kap1 ceoi2 xi1 qu3 = to absorb; to draw; to assimilate
See all 51 compounds (CantoDict reports 56 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
[吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+5438 (off-site link)

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