shǔn

common
verb

Meaning of

吮 means to suck; to sip. Pronounced shǔn.

  • to suck; to sip

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Yīng
ér
zhèng
zài
shǔn
 

The baby is sucking milk.

shǔn
le
kǒu
tāng
nuǎn
shēn
zi
 

He sipped a mouthful of hot soup to warm up.

Xiǎo
māo
shǔn
zhe
zhuǎ
zi
shàng
de
nǎi
 

The kitten is licking the milk stains off its paws.

Shǔn
yōng
shì
zhì
shì
zhǐ
chǎn
mèi
quān
guì
shǒu
duàn
 

Sucking a lord's abscess and licking his hemorrhoids refers to currying favor with the powerful by any means necessary.

yòng
guǎn
shǔn
zhe
bēi
zhōng
de
guǒ
zhī
 

She sucked the juice from her cup with a straw.