Chinese symbol for “absorbent”
吸水
xī shuǐ
absorbent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for absorbent is 吸水 (xī shuǐ), defined as: absorbent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “absorbent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吸水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸引 | xī yǐn | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to breathe |
| 吸引力 | xī yǐn lì | attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “absorbent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.