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吸水

xī shuǐ

2-character word

What 吸水 means

1. absorbent

The characters in 吸水

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 海绵吸水。
  Hǎimián xīshuǐ.
  A sponge absorbs water.

Sounds the same

Read xī shuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

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