| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit | ![]() |
| 消化 | xiāo huà | to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process | ![]() |
| 吸取 | xī qǔ | to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate | ![]() |
| 融入 | róng rù | to blend into / to integrate / to assimilate / to merge | ![]() |
| 摄取 | shè qǔ | to absorb (nutrients etc) / to assimilate / intake / to take a photograph of (a scene) | ![]() |
| 摄 | shè | (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for | ![]() |
| 涵摄 | hán shè | to assimilate / to subsume | ![]() |
