吸水性 xīshuǐxìng water absorbency Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吸水 xīshuǐ water absorption the process or capacity of absorbing water; water uptake性 xìng affix [-ity] Suffix used after verbs or adjectives to form nouns expressing a state, quality, or scope, similar to English "-ity", "-ness", or "-ism".