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吸

xī · xi

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Meaning

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  1. to breathe
  2. to suck in
  3. to absorb
  4. to inhale
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The vacuum cleaner

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)在(zài)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    Dengdeng, what are you doing?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)用(yòng)新(xīn)买(mǎi)的(de)吸尘器(xīchénqì)吸(xī)地(dì)。

    I'm vacuuming the floor with my new vacuum cleaner.

  3. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)吸尘器(xīchénqì)吸(xī)得(de)干净(gānjìng)吗(ma)？

    Does it pick things up cleanly?

  4. Dengdeng

    很(hěn)干净(gānjìng)，它(tā)连(lián)我的(wǒde)袜子(wàzi)都(dōu)吸(xī)进去(jìnqù)了(le)。

    Very clean. It even sucked in my socks.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你的(nǐde)袜子(wàzi)呢(ne)？

    Then where are your socks?

  6. Dengdeng

    在(zài)里面(lǐmiàn)，我(wǒ)正在(zhèngzài)想(xiǎng)办法(bànfǎ)拿(ná)出来(chūlái)。

    Inside. I'm thinking of a way to get them out.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

大(dà)多(duō)数(shù)被(bèi)香(xiāng)烟(yān)害(hài)死(sǐ)的(de)人(rén)吸(xī)的(de)烟(yān)都(dōu)不(bù)多(duō)。

Most people killed by smoking were not heavy smokers.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by fishda · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

植(zhí)物(wù)通(tōng)过(guò)根(gēn)从(cóng)土(tǔ)壤(rǎng)里(lǐ)吸(xī)收(shōu)水(shuǐ)分(fèn)。

Plants absorb water from the soil through their roots.

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