吸 (kap1) — inhale; breathe/suck/draw in | [antonym] 呼 in Cantonese
kapˉ¹吸Mandarin Pinyin: xi1
Meaning of 吸
nouninhale; breathe/suck/draw in | [antonym] 呼
nounabsorb; soak up; suction
nounattract; captivate; draw to oneself
Example Sentences with 吸
kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hong1,康, ziˊ²只jiu˗₃要muiˏ₅每jatˍ₆日jatˉ¹一zi1,枝, jiˏ₅已gingˉ¹經zukˉ¹足jiˏ₅以zi˗₃致mingˍ₆命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death
大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.
ngoˏ₅我zeoi˗₃最ganˍ₆近gaai˗₃戒zoˊ²咗jin1,煙，kapˉ¹吸jinˉ¹煙ngaiˎ₄危hoiˍ₆害ginˍ₆健hongˉ¹康aaˉ¹吖maaˏ₅嘛!
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度batˉ¹不hoˊ²可kapˉ¹吸im1.煙。
Smoking is not allowed here.
diˉ¹啲jeˏ₅嘢sikˍ₆食houˊ²好hanˉ¹吸jan5,引，ngoˏ₅我samˉ¹心jukˍ₆郁juk6.郁。
The food looks very appealing, I'm tempted.
Words Containing 吸
吸睛kap1 zing1
to catch one's attention; to be attractive
吸煙區kap1 jin1 keoi1
smoking area
不准吸煙bat1 zeon2 kap1 jin1
no smoking (as commonly seen written on signs)
吸金kap1 gam1
draw profit; draw in money
吸血鬼片kap1 hyut3 gwai2 pin2
vampire film
吸塵kap1 can4
(v.) to vacuum
吸毒者kap1 duk6 ze2
a drug addict
吸引力kap1 jan5 lik6
attraction; the power of attraction
吸塵器kap1 can4 hei3
dust catcher; dust collector
呼吸器fu1 kap1 hei3
Organs of respiration, such as the nose etc. Can also refer to artificial devices that aid breathing.
真空吸塵zan1 hung1 kap1 can4
vacuum cleaning; to vacuum; to hoover
吸引遊客的地方kap1 jan5 jau4 haak3 dik1 dei6 fong1
attraction
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