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吸收

xī shōu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

吸收 (xī shōu) means "to absorb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 吸收 means

1. to absorb
2. to assimilate
3. to ingest
4. to recruit

The characters in 吸收

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect

Example sentences

• 平流层的臭氧会吸收紫外线。
  The ozone in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
• 树木排出氧气，吸收二氧化碳。
  Shùmù páichū yǎngqì, xīshōu èryǎnghuàtàn.
  Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.
• 我想知道这些物质是怎么被人体吸收的。
  Wǒ xiǎng zhīdào zhèxiē wùzhì shì zěnme bèi réntǐ xīshōu de.
  I'd like to know how the body absorbs these substances.

Words starting with 吸收

• 吸收剂量xī shōu jì liàngabsorbed dose

Where 吸收 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Technology & Digital Tools (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī shōu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.