吸纳

• Pinyin: xī nà
• Hanzi breakdown: 吸 = 口 + 及 (mouth + reach — to inhale, absorb); 纳 = 纟+ 内 (silk/thread + inside — to accept, take in, incorporate)

Meaning

To absorb; to take in; to incorporate. To accept or integrate people, ideas, capital, or talent into a system or organisation.

Used in economic, organisational, and social contexts. Common collocations include 吸纳就业 (absorb employment/create jobs), 吸纳资金 (absorb capital), 吸纳人才 (attract and absorb talent), 吸纳意见 (incorporate opinions).

Examples

1. 这项新政策旨在吸纳更多民间资本参与基础设施建设，减轻政府财政压力。 This new policy aims to absorb more private capital into infrastructure development, easing the government’s fiscal pressure.
2. 科技园区通过优惠政策积极吸纳海外高层次人才回国创业或就职。 The tech park uses preferential policies to actively attract high-level overseas talent to return home to start businesses or take jobs.
3. 党代会在起草最终决议之前广泛征集意见，吸纳了来自基层的大量建设性建议。 Before drafting the final resolution, the party congress solicited opinions widely and incorporated many constructive suggestions from the grassroots level.

Usage Guide

Context: economics, talent management, organisational policy, investment, public policy

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 开发区依托完善配套和有竞争力的薪酬，成功吸纳了数千名高端人才。(Relying on its complete supporting facilities and competitive pay, the development zone successfully attracted thousands of high-end professionals.)
• 论坛起草联合声明时广泛吸纳多元观点，力求文本既有理论意义，也能回应现实挑战。(When drafting the joint statement, the forum widely incorporated diverse viewpoints, aiming for a text that is both theoretically meaningful and responsive to real-world challenges.)

Don't Say

• 吸纳 for simply hiring someone in a routine context — use 招聘 or 录用; 吸纳 emphasises the absorption of people, capital, or ideas into a larger system or pool, often on a significant scale, and carries a sense of strategic incorporation

Origin & History

吸 (to absorb, inhale, draw in) + 纳 (to accept, incorporate, take in) — to draw in and accept; to absorb into

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal