Chinese symbol for “attract”
吸引
xī yǐn
to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for attract is 吸引 (xī yǐn), defined as: to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “attract”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勾 | gōu | to attract; to arouse |
| 招来 (招來) | zhāo lái | to attract; to incur |
| 招揽 (招攬) | zhāo lǎn | to attract (customers); to drum up (trade) |
| 撩人 | liáo rén | to attract; to titillate |
| 招引 | zhāo yǐn | to attract |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吸引.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 引发 (引發) | yǐn fā | to lead to; to trigger |
| 引导 (引導) | yǐn dǎo | to guide; to lead (around) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “attract”.
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.