吮吸

shǔnxī

verb #25,321

Meanings

HSK 7-9

婴儿本能地吮吸母亲的乳汁。

Yīng'ér běnnéng de shǔnxī mǔqīn de rǔzhī.

The baby instinctively suckles its mother's milk.

HSK 7-9

她吮吸着冰棍，享受夏日的清凉。

Tā shǔnxī zhe bīnggùn, xiǎngshòu xiàrì de qīngliáng.

She sucked on the popsicle, enjoying the summer coolness.

memory

Both 吮 and 吸 contain the mouth radical 口, reinforcing the meaning. 吮 means to suck or sip, 吸 means to inhale or absorb - together: to suck in.

吮 shǔn

吸 xī