吸引

Character by character

• 吸xī6 strokesHSK 4inhale, suck in; absorb; attract
• 引yǐn4 strokesHSK 4to pull, draw out, attract; to stretch

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 她第一眼就吸引了我。

  Tā dì yī yǎn jiù xī yǐn le wǒ

  She attracted me at first sight.

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• 他被那个女人吸引住了。

  Tā bèi nà ge nǚ rén xī yǐn zhù le

  He was attracted to the woman.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 吸引. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 引起yǐn qǐHSK 4

  to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

• 呼吸hū xīHSK 4

  to breathe

• 吸xīHSK 4

  to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale

• 引yǐnHSK 4

  to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

• 引发yǐn fāHSK 7

  to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)

• 引导yǐn dǎoHSK 4

  to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer

• 吸收xī shōuHSK 4

  to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit

• 引擎yǐn qíngHSK 7

  engine (loanword)

• 吸烟xī yānHSK 4

  to smoke

• 指引zhǐ yǐnHSK 7

  to guide; to show; to point (the way); directions; guidance; guidelines

• 吸毒xī dúHSK 6

  to take drugs

• 引用yǐn yòngHSK 7

  to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference

• 吸取xī qǔHSK 7

  to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate

• 引进yǐn jìnHSK 4

  to recommend; to introduce (from outside)

• 引领yǐn lǐngHSK 7

  to crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead; to show the way

• 引人注目yǐn rén zhù mùHSK 7

  to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous

• 引入yǐn rùHSK 7

  to draw into; to pull into; to introduce

• 引诱yǐn yòuHSK 7

  to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce

• 吸管xī guǎnHSK 4

  (drinking) straw; pipette; eyedropper; snorkel

• 吸纳xī nàHSK 7

  to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept

• 引人入胜yǐn rén rù shèngHSK 7

  to enchant; fascinating

• 引经据典yǐn jīng jù diǎnHSK 7

  lit. to quote the classics; to quote chapter and verse (idiom)