吸取 meaning in English

xīqǔ

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

HSK 7-9verb14 strokes

Meaning of 吸取

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xīqǔ
  1. to absorb
  2. to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
  3. to assimilate

吸取 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ希xī望wàng汤tāng姆mǔ已yǐ经jīng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn了le。
I hope Tom has learned his lesson.
你nǐ必bì须xū从cóng失shī败bài中zhōng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn。
You must learn from mistakes.
不bú要yào沉chén迷mí于yú过guò去qù,而ér是shì要yào从cóng中zhōng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn。
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
人rén要yào从cóng狗gǒu猛měng酒jiǔ酸suān的de典diǎn故gù中zhōng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn。
One must learn a lesson from the difficult situations and bad conditions in one's life.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

吸 xī · to breathe · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

取 qǔ · to take · 8 strokes

  1. 1
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  3. 3
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  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 吸取.

取得qǔdéto acquire; to get; to obtain
取消qǔxiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
采取cǎiqǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
争取zhēngqǔto fight for; to strive for
呼吸hūxīto breathe
吸引xīyǐnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
获取huòqǔto gain; to get; to acquire
吸烟xīyānto smoke
吸收xīshōuto absorb; to assimilate
录取lùqǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to
吸管xīguǎn(drinking) straw; pipette
吸毒xīdúto take drugs

Questions about 吸取

What does 吸取 mean?

吸取 (xīqǔ) means "to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 吸取?

吸取 is made of 2 characters: 吸 (6 strokes), 取 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 吸取 an HSK word?

Yes. 吸取 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.