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

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁵ kap¹
  - Yale: syúhn kāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁵ kap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁵ keb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn¹³ kʰɐp̚⁵/

Verb

吮吸

(literally) to suck (with one's mouth)
(figurative) to squeeze; to extort

Synonyms

(to suck) 吸吮 (xīshǔn)
(to extort):

搜刮 (sōuguā)
聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
榨取 (zhàqǔ)
剝取／剥取 (bōqǔ)

強取／强取 (qiángqǔ)
摟／搂 (lōu)
聚斂／聚敛 (jùliǎn)

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