哾 (shuō) - to suck & to sip

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shuō ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical:

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哾 · shuō

to suck;

to sip;

to drink in small amounts;

also used in some dialectal expressions

to suckto sipto drink in small amounts

Usage highlights

suck milksip teadrink alcoholsip soupsucking soundsip water

Synonyms

  • 吸— to suck, to inhale
  • 啜— to sip, to suck
  • 吮— to suck

Antonyms

  • 吐— to spit out
  • 喷— to spray, to spurt

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The baby is sucking milk (哾奶).
  • He sipped the hot tea slowly (哾茶).
  • In some dialects, it means to drink alcohol (哾酒).
  • The sound of sipping soup (哾汤声).

Collocations

  • suck milk(哾奶)
  • sip tea(哾茶)
  • drink alcohol(哾酒)
  • sip soup(哾汤)
  • sucking sound(哾声)
  • sip water(哾水)

Idioms

  • To sip and savor(哾啜品味)
  • Sucking and smacking lips(哾唇咂舌)
  • Sipping tea and chatting(哾茶闲谈)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Primarily used in certain Chinese dialects rather than standard Mandarin
  • Often describes the action of drinking in small quantities or sucking liquids
  • Can carry informal or colloquial connotations in speech

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