HSK 5 HSK V4
Correct

吸收

/ xīshōu /
Strokes

Definition

to absorb/to assimilate/to ingest/to recruit

Example

As a Verb

absorb or assimilate (food or nutriment and incorporate it into the tissues); ingest; imbibe; take in

1
Shù
cóng
rǎng
土壤
zhōng
shōu
吸收
liàng
大量
shuǐfèn
水分
yíngyǎng
营养
  

Trees absorb large amounts of water and nutrients from the soil.

2
Yǒuxiē
有些
shí
食物
hěn
róng
容易
bèi
shōu
吸收
  

Some food assimilates easily.

3
shōu
吸收
yíngyǎng
营养

imbibe nourishment

4
shōu
吸收
yǎngfèn
养分

assimilate nutriment

5
shōu
吸收
xīnxiān
新鲜
xuè
血液

absorb fresh blood; recruit new/young members

As a Verb

take in or assimilate

6
shōu
吸收
xīn
shù
技术

assimilate new technology

7
shōu
吸收
yángguāng
阳光

take in sunlight

8
shōu
吸收
xīn
xiǎng
思想
  
/
zhīshi
知识

assimilate new ideas/knowledge

9
shōu
吸收
wài
外资
  
/
xiánsǎn
闲散
jīn
资金
  
/
yóu
游资

absorb foreign/dormant/idle capital

10
shōu
吸收
shuǐfèn
水分

suck up moisture

11
shōu
吸收
jīngyàn
经验

absorb/incorporate experience

12
shōu
吸收
guāngxiàn
光线
  
/
shēngyīn
声音
  
/
liàng
热量

absorb light rays/sound/heat

As a Verb

admit; enrol; recruit

13
shōu
吸收
zhōngguó
中国
jiā
加入
shìmào
世贸
zhī
组织

admit China to WTO

14
shōu
吸收
xiàgǎng
下岗
gōngrén
工人

give employment to the laid-off workers

15
shōu
吸收
wéi
huìyuán
会员

enrol sb as a member (of)

16
shōu
吸收
huǒ
入伙

invite sb as a partner

17
shōu
吸收
dǎng
入党

admit into the Party

18
shōu
吸收
shìjiè
世界
wénmíng
文明
chéngguǒ
成果

assimilate the achievements of world civilization

19
shōu
吸收
shù
技术
mín
移民

absorb technical immigrants

20
shōu
吸收
yòng
利用
nóngcūn
农村
láodòng
劳动力

absorb and utilize the rural labour force

21
shōu
吸收
cúnkuǎn
存款

take/attract deposits

22
shōu
吸收
xīn
chéngyuán
成员

admit new members