Chinese symbol for “suck”
吮吸
shǔn xī
to suck
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suck is 吮吸 (shǔn xī), defined as: to suck.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “suck”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吮 | shǔn | to suck |
| 嗦 | suō | to suck; used in 啰嗦 (luō suo) |
| 嘬 | zuō | (coll.) to suck |
| 嗍 | suō | to suck; Taiwan pr. [shuo4] |
| 逊 (遜) | xùn | to abdicate; modest |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吮吸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸吮 | xī shǔn | to suck on (sth); to suck in |
| 舔吮 | tiǎn shǔn | to lick and suck |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suck”.
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.