sip3 ceoi2攝取摄取
Jyutpingsip3 ceoi2
Yalesip chéui
Definition
To take in or absorb nutrients, food, or drink.
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How it's used
Focuses primarily on the biological or nutritional intake of substances like vitamins, minerals, or calories. It carries a formal or scientific tone, often appearing in health advice or medical contexts rather than casual conversation about eating a meal. Use 吸收 when talking about general absorption or assimilation of ideas and concepts.
Examples
Is the nutrition you take in every day enough?
He wants to absorb fiber by eating vegetables.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this word to describe the act of eating a meal or consuming a beverage in a social setting, as it sounds overly clinical or technical.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
