Take in in Chinese
to take in · HSK 5
吸收
- 吸 to inhale
- 收 to receive
植物通过根吸收水分。 Plants absorb water through their roots.
Other ways to say take in
More words with 吸 or 收
How do you say take in in Chinese?
Take in in Chinese is 吸收 (xī shōu). You can also say 收入 (shōu rù).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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