Chinese symbol for “siphon”
虹吸
hóng xī
(lit. and fig.) to siphon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for siphon is 虹吸 (hóng xī), defined as: (lit. and fig.) to siphon.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “siphon”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虹吸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彩虹 | cǎi hóng | rainbow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 虹桥 (虹橋) | hóng qiáo | arched bridge |
| 虹膜 | hóng mó | iris (of an eye) |
| 霓虹 | ní hóng | (loanword) neon lights (abbr. for 霓虹灯 (ní hóng dēng)); (literary) rainbow |
| 霓虹灯 (霓虹燈) | ní hóng dēng | (loanword) neon lights |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “siphon”.
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.