吮吸

吮吸

Chinese

		to suck	to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
trad. (吮吸)		吮	吸
simp. #(吮吸)		吮	吸
anagram		吸吮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔnxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁵ kap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔnsi
    • Wade–Giles: shun³-hsi¹
    • Yale: shwǔn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoenshi
    • Palladius: шуньси (šunʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂwən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁵ kap¹
    • Yale: syúhn kāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁵ kap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁵ keb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn¹³ kʰɐp̚⁵/

Verb

吮吸

1. (literally) to suck (with one's mouth)
2. (figuratively) to squeeze; to extort

Synonyms

• (to suck) 吸吮 (xīshǔn)
• (to extort):

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