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吸引

xī yǐn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

吸引 (xī yǐn) means "to attract/appeal to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 吸引 means

1. to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate

The characters in 吸引

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth

Example sentences

• 飞蛾被光线吸引。
  Fēi'é bèi guāngxiàn xīyǐn.
  Moths are attracted by light.
• 珍比苏珊更吸引人。
  Jane is more attractive than Susan.
• 她第一眼就吸引了我。
  Tā dìyīyǎn jiù xīyǐn le wǒ.
  She attracted me at first sight.
• 我认为玛丽很有吸引力。
  Wǒ rènwéi Mǎlì hěn yǒu xīyǐnlì.
  I think Mary is very attractive.
• 他被那个女人吸引住了。
  He was attracted to the woman.
• 他被她的笑容吸引住了。
  He was attracted by her smile.

Words starting with 吸引

• 吸引力xī yǐn lìattractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
• 吸引子xī yǐn ziattractor (math., dynamical systems)
• 吸引眼球xī yǐn yǎn qiúto attract attention; to catch attention
• 吸引子网络xī yǐn zǐ wǎng luòattractor network

Where 吸引 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mental & cognitive actions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī yǐn correctly.
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