吸吮

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	to suck
trad. (吸吮)		吸	吮
simp. #(吸吮)		吸	吮
anagram		吮吸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ syun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishǔn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shun³
    • Yale: syī-shwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishoen
    • Palladius: сишунь (sišunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ syun⁵
    • Yale: kāp syúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ syn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ xun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ syːn¹³/

Verb

吸吮

1. to suck (with one's mouth)

Synonyms

• 吮吸 (shǔnxī)