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HSK
to breathe
HSK 4
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  *吸* | 吸* | *吸
to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale
HSK 4
to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
HSK 4
(drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:
HSK 4
to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit
HSK 4
to take drugs
HSK 6
to smoke
HSK 4
to suck blood
to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
HSK 7-9
to resume smoking (after giving up) / to relapse into smoking or drug abuse
to inhale; to breathe in
inhaler
artificial respiration (medicine)
to draw a lesson (from a setback)
(lit. and fig.) to siphon
to suck
(physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking)
to suck on (sth) / to suck in
(medicine) ventilator
attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness
to attract attention; to catch attention
eye-catching
to breathe / to absorb oxygen
to absorb moisture
(medicine) ventilator
respiratory tract
opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract
magnet
No smoking!
gravitation
to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption
drug addiction
attractor (math., dynamical systems)
to breathe in / to suck in / to inhale
suction pad / sucker
"magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals / in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
vacuum cleaner
schistosoma
No smoking / Please do not smoke
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
to absorb / to take in and retain
vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic) / to attract one another
absorbed dose
smoking area
heat absorption
accretion
respiratory system
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
sound absorption
absorption / absorbability (chemistry)
inhalant
breast pump
vacuum cleaner / dust catcher
(of a magnet) to attract metallic objects / (fig.) to exert a magnetic attraction (for investment, tourists etc)
upper respiratory tract infection
sucker mouth
(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
to suckle / to pump breast milk with a breast pump
to take in / to absorb / to admit / to accept
HSK 7-9
to absorb carbon
sleep apnea
schistosomiasis
suction valve
(bird species of China) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
absorbent
Like attracts like.
aspirator
digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目)
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
snorkel
second-hand smoking / passive smoking
absorbent
absorbent
to de-absorb / to get a chemical out of solution
smoking room
oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
attractor network
epiglottis
trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
to inhale / to breathe in
money-spinning / moneymaking
toilet plunger
to increase one's followers; to get more fans
sound-absorbing
sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
Class Trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
to vacuum the floor
regulator (diving)
schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)
acetabulum (part of the pelvis bone)
to draw (towards) / to be drawn to / to be sucked in
to absorb completely / to drink up
doorstop
(scuba diving) backup regulator; octopus
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

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