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吸管

xī guǎn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 支

吸管 (xī guǎn) means "(drinking) straw; pipette; eyedropper". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 吸管 means

1. (drinking) straw
2. pipette
3. eyedropper
4. snorkel

The characters in 吸管

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage

Words containing 吸管

• 呼吸管hū xī guǎnsnorkel
• 虹吸管hóng xī guǎnsiphon

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