HSK 4 · Verbs

吸引 xīyǐn “to attract” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吸引 means

  1. to attract
  2. to appeal to
  3. to fascinate

How to say 吸引

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale吸xī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale引yǐn3rd tone, dipping

吸引 in a sentence

  1. 魔术师吸引了孩子们的注意。

    Móshùshī xīyǐn le háizimen de zhùyì.

    The magician caught the children’s attention.

    Sentence #334604 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她第一眼就吸引了我。

    Tā dìyī yǎn jiù xīyǐn le wǒ.

    I was drawn to her at first sight.

    Sentence #464848 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 飞蛾被光线吸引。

    Fēi'é bèi guāngxiàn xīyǐn.

    Moths are attracted to light.

    Sentence #1067172 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 吸引 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 吸 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
吸xīto breathe
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 及to extend · jíSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 及 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with xī.

The character 引 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
引yǐnto draw
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 吸引

吸 6 strokes · 引 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

吸引 (xīyǐn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 吸引 (xīyǐn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 吸引

Words with 吸

呼吸hūxī · to breathe吸取xīqǔ · to absorb吸收xīshōu · to absorb

Words with 引

引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to引用yǐnyòng · to quote引导yǐndǎo · to guide引擎yǐnqíng · engine

More words: Common Verbs

网球wǎngqiú · tennis污染wūrǎn · to pollute无wú · not to have修理xiūlǐ · to repair相反xiāngfǎn · opposite响xiǎng · echo行xíng · OK醒xǐng · to wake up

FAQs

吸引 (xīyǐn) means “to attract” or “to appeal to”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xīyǐn: xī with a 1st tone, then yǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吸引 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吸引 from the suggestions. Typing xiyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吸引 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.