吸食

xīshí
  1. (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc)
  2. (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug)
  3. to drink through a straw

CEDICT

to suck; to take in; to use (illicit drugs); to smoke

Wiktionary

用嘴吸入或吸進。

重編國語辭典

Examples

蜂鳥會吸食某些花朵的甜美花蜜。

Hummingbirds drink the sweet nectar from certain flowers.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 吸 xī
  1. to breathe
  2. to suck in
  3. to absorb
  4. to inhale
2 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse

Related entries

呫 zhān
  1. to drink
  2. to sip
  3. to taste
  4. to lick
  5. whisper
  6. petty
啜 chuò
  1. (literary) to drink
  2. to sip
  3. to sob
喝 hē
  1. to drink
  2. variant of 嗬 hē
喝吧。

Drink.

Source: Tatoeba

喝酒 hējiǔ to drink (alcohol)
你喝酒吗？

Do you drink alcohol?

Do you drink?

Source: Tatoeba

歃 shà to drink
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