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吸食

xī shí

2-character word

What 吸食 means

1. (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc)
2. (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug)
3. to drink through a straw

The characters in 吸食

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Example sentences

• 蜂鸟会吸食某些花朵的甜美花蜜。
  Hummingbirds drink the sweet nectar from certain flowers.
• 在很多国家，购买和吸食大麻是违法的。
  Zài hěn duōguó jiā, gòumǎi hé xīshí dàmá shì wéifǎ de.
  In many countries, buying or smoking cannabis is forbidden by law.

Sounds the same

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

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