吸引
xī​yǐn HSK4

to appeal to

吸引 xī​yǐn
to appeal to verb
to draw interest, attention, or people toward oneself through personality, features, or advertisements

什么样的女人吸引你？

shén​me​yàng de nǚ​rén xī​yǐn nǐ?

What kind of woman attracts you?

to attract verb
to draw objects toward oneself through physical forces like magnetism

停下来进行快速采访的想法并不吸引他。

tíng xià​lai jìn​xíng kuài​sù cǎi​fǎng de xiǎng​fa bìng​bù xī​yǐn tā.

The idea of stopping for a quick interview was not appealing to him.

是什么吸引你来我们学校的？

shì shén​me xī​yǐn nǐ lái wǒ​men xué​xiào de?

What drew you to our school?

Frequency
Movie subtitles
48.0 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
85.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)