吸	603C00   40A.82-3	部居	畫數  7	ㄒㄧ [xi1] .
V	(1)  To draw in, attract, absorb: 吸收，吸引 [xi1shou1], [xi1yin3]↓; 吸入 draw in (new members); 吸出 drain or suck out; 呼吸 to breathe (exhale and inhale); 吸氣 draw in the air; 吸水 to draw water from well; 吸去雲魂 (of ghost) suck away s. o.’s soul; 吸了一點文明空氣 breathe the air of the modn. world. (2)  To drink: 吸飲 to drink (wine, etc.); 一吸而盡 drink up in one swallow.
Words	1.吸根 [xi1gen1], n., (bot.) sucking roots of parasitic plants.  2.吸管 [xi1guan3], n., respiratory tract; bronchi; a sucking tube.  3.吸力 [xi1li4], n., magnetic force; force of attraction.  4.吸墨紙 [xi1mo4zhi3], n., blotting paper.  5.吸盤 [xi1pan2], n., (zoo.) sucker (as in octopus).  6.吸收 [xi1shou1], V.t., to absorb, take in (moisture, liquid, gas, shares, followers, new subscribers, new ideas, etc.); 吸收口 (zoo.) sucking organ, proboscis (in mosquitoes, etc.).  7.吸濕性 [xi1shi1xing4], n., (phys.) hygroscopic power.  8.吸鐵石 [xi1tie3shi2], n., a magnet (also called 磁石).  9.吸煙 [xi1yan1], V.i., to smoke (cigarette, pipe).  10.吸引 [xi1yin3], V.t., to attract (followers, etc.).