(shuò) - To suck, to inhale & to drink

Tone 4

shuò | 11 strokes | radical:

· shuò

To suck, to inhale;

to drink;

ancient variant of 嗽 (cough).

To suck, to inhaleto drinkancient variant of 嗽 (cough).

Usage highlights

suck milkdrink watercoughinhale airsuck in

Synonyms

  • to inhale, to suck
  • to drink
  • to cough

Antonyms

  • to spit out, to vomit
  • to exhale

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The baby sucks milk (欶奶).
  • He drank from the stream (欶水).
  • Ancient texts sometimes use 欶 for cough (欶嗽).

Collocations

  • suck milk(欶奶)
  • drink water(欶水)
  • cough(欶嗽)
  • inhale air(欶气)
  • suck in(欶入)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 欶 is an ancient character rarely used in modern Chinese.
  • It appears in some classical texts and medical contexts.
  • In modern usage, it has been largely replaced by more common characters like 吸, 喝, or 嗽.

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