吸 kap¹ {xī}

1. to breathe
2. to suck in
3. to absorb
4. to inhale

吸塵〔-尘〕 kap¹ can⁴ {xī chén}

Vacuum cleaning; breathing in polluted/ dusty air

吸引 kap¹ jan⁵ {xī yǐn}

(verb) To catch someone's attention

吸煙〔-烟〕 kap¹ jin¹ {xī yān}

to smoke a cigarette

吸收 kap¹ sau¹ {xī shōu}

to learn; to pick up

吸把 kap¹ baa² {xī bǎ}

toilet plunger

吸取 kap¹ ceoi² {xī qǔ}

1. to absorb
2. to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
3. to assimilate

吸蟲〔-虫〕 kap¹ cung⁴ {xī chóng}

1. trematoda
2. fluke
3. trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans

吸地 kap¹ dei⁶ {xī dì}

to vacuum the floor

吸毒 kap¹ duk⁶ {xī dú}

to take drugs

吸附 kap¹ fu⁶ {xī fù}

absorption (chemistry)

吸金 kap¹ gam¹ {xī jīn}

1. money-spinning
2. money-making

吸管 kap¹ gun² {xī guǎn}

1. (drinking) straw
2. pipette
3. eyedropper
4. snorkel
5. CL: 支

吸口 kap¹ hau² {xī kǒu}

sucker mouth

吸氣〔-气〕 kap¹ hei³ {xī qì}

1. to inhale
2. to draw in breath

吸血 kap¹ hyut³ {xī xiě}

to suck blood

吸音 kap¹ jam¹ {xī yīn}

sound-absorbing

吸引 kap¹ jan⁵ {xī yǐn}

1. to attract (interest, investment etc)
2. CL: 個

吸入 kap¹ jap⁶ {xī rù}

1. to breathe in
2. to suck in
3. to inhale

吸煙〔-烟〕 kap¹ jin¹ {xī yān}

to smoke

吸熱〔-热〕 kap¹ jit⁶ {xī rè}

heat absorption

吸氧 kap¹ joeng⁵ {xī yǎng}

1. to breathe
2. to absorb oxygen

吸留 kap¹ lau⁴ {xī liú}

1. to absorb
2. to take in and retain

吸力 kap¹ lik⁶ {xī lì}

1. attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics)
2. attractive force

吸門〔-门〕 kap¹ mun⁴ {xī mén}

epiglottis

吸納〔-纳〕 kap¹ naap⁶ {xī nà}

1. to take in
2. to absorb
3. to admit
4. to accept

吸盤〔-盘〕 kap¹ pun⁴ {xī pán}

1. suction pad
2. sucker

吸濕〔-湿〕 kap¹ sap¹ {xī shī}

1. to absorb
2. absorbent

吸收 kap¹ sau¹ {xī shōu}

1. to absorb
2. to assimilate
3. to ingest
4. to recruit

吸聲〔-声〕 kap¹ seng¹ {xī shēng}

sound absorption

吸水 kap¹ seoi² {xī shuǐ}

absorbent

吸食 kap¹ sik⁶ {xī shí}

1. to suck
2. to take in

吸吮 kap¹ syun⁵ {xī shǔn}

to suck in

吸碳 kap¹ taan³ {xī tàn}

to absorb carbon

吸進〔-进〕 kap¹ zeon³ {xī jìn}

1. to inhale
2. to breathe in

吸盡〔-尽〕 kap¹ zeon⁶ {xī jìn}

1. to absorb completely
2. to drink up

吸積〔-积〕 kap¹ zik¹ {xī jī}

accretion

吸睛 kap¹ zing¹ {xī jīng}

eye-catching

吸著〔-着〕 kap¹ zoek⁶ {xī zhuó}

sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)

吸住 kap¹ zyu⁶ {xī zhù}

1. to draw (towards)
2. to be drawn to
3. to be sucked in

吸塵機〔-尘机〕 kap¹ can⁴ gei¹ {xī chén jī}

hoover

吸毒者 kap¹ duk⁶ ze² {xī dú zhě}

drug addicts

吸塵機〔-尘机〕 kap¹ can⁴ gei¹ {xī chén jī}

vacuum cleaner

吸塵器〔-尘-〕 kap¹ can⁴ hei³ {xī chén qì}

1. vacuum cleaner
2. dust catcher

吸蟲綱〔-虫纲〕 kap¹ cung⁴ gong¹ {xī chóng gāng}

1. Class Trematoda
2. fluke
3. trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans

吸頂燈〔-顶灯〕 kap¹ deng² dang¹ {xī dǐng dēng}

flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)

吸附性 kap¹ fu⁶ sing³ {xī fù xìng}

1. absorption
2. absorbability (chemistry)

吸附劑〔--剂〕 kap¹ fu⁶ zai¹ {xī fù jì}

absorbent

吸氣器〔-气-〕 kap¹ hei³ hei³ {xī qì qì}

inhaler

吸血鬼 kap¹ hyut³ gwai² {xī xuè guǐ}

1. leech
2. blood-sucking vermin
3. vampire (translated European notion)
4. fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

吸血者 kap¹ hyut³ ze² {xī xuè zhě}

1. blood sucker
2. a leech
3. leecher

吸引力 kap¹ jan⁵ lik⁶ {xī yǐn lì}

1. attractive force (such as gravitation)
2. sex appeal
3. attractiveness

吸引子 kap¹ jan⁵ zi² {xī yǐn zi}

attractor (math., dynamical systems)

吸入閥〔--阀〕 kap¹ jap⁶ fat⁶ {xī rù fá}

suction valve

吸入器 kap¹ jap⁶ hei³ {xī rù qì}

inhaler

吸入劑〔--剂〕 kap¹ jap⁶ zai¹ {xī rù jì}

inhalant

吸煙區〔-烟区〕 kap¹ jin¹ keoi¹ {xī yān qū}

smoking area

吸煙室〔-烟-〕 kap¹ jin¹ sat¹ {xī yān shì}

smoking room

吸濕性〔-湿-〕 kap¹ sap¹ sing³ {xī shī xìng}

absorbent

吸碳存 kap¹ taan³ cyun⁴ {xī tàn cún}

carbon sink

吸鐵石〔-铁-〕 kap¹ tit³ sek⁶ {xī tiě shí}

1. a magnet
2. same as 磁鐵

吸熱反應〔-热-应〕 kap¹ jit⁶ faan² jing³ {xī rè fǎn yìng}

Endothermic reaction

吸取教訓〔---训〕 kap¹ ceoi² gaau³ fan³ {xī qǔ jiào xun}

to draw a lesson (from a setback)

吸毒成癮〔---瘾〕 kap¹ duk⁶ sing⁴ jan⁵ {xī dú chéng yǐn}

drug addiction

吸收劑量〔--剂-〕 kap¹ sau¹ zai¹ loeng⁶ {xī shōu jì liàng}

absorbed dose

吸附洗消劑〔----剂〕 kap¹ fu⁶ sai² siu¹ zai¹ {xī fù xǐ xiāo jì}

absorbing decontaminant

吸引子網絡〔---网络〕 kap¹ jan⁵ zi² mong⁵ lok⁶ {xī yǐn zǐ wǎng luò}

attractor network