吸取

吸取

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
simp. and trad. (吸取)		吸	取

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ ceoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): khip-chhú / khip-chhí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shicheu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: kap¹ ceoi²
    • Yale: kāp chéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ tsoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ cêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 吸取 汲取

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: khip-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qipzhuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: khip-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qipchie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

Verb

吸取

1. to absorb; to suck up; to extract

   剔除糟粕，吸取精華。 [MSC, trad.]
   剔除糟粕，吸取精华。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tīchú zāopò, xīqǔ jīnghuá. [Pinyin]

   Remove the dregs and extract the essence.

2. (figuratively) to learn (from one's mistakes)