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Chinese
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to gasp; to pant; asthma
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gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
| trad. (喘氣)
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喘
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氣
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| simp. (喘气)
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喘
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气
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| alternative forms
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喘喟 (Min Nan)
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| anagram
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氣喘／气喘
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Pronunciation
Note:
- “to take a breather; to breathe; to sigh”.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cuêng2 kui3 / cuang2 kui3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuéng khùi / tshuáng khùi
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰueŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰui²¹³/, /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰui²¹³/
Verb
喘氣
- to pant; to gasp; to breathe heavily
我出點力氣就覺得喘氣費勁。 [MSC, trad.]
我出点力气就觉得喘气费劲。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ chū diǎn lìqi jiù juéde chuǎnqì fèijìn.
- I feel breathless with the slightest effort.
- to take a breather; to catch one's breath
- (Hokkien) to breathe
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to sigh; to heave a sigh
Synonyms
- 休息
- 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
- 停歇 (tíngxiē)
- 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 安息 (ānxī)
- 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
- 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
- 敨 (tau2) (Cantonese, Hakka)
- 歇 (xiē)
- 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
- 歇息 (xiēxi)
- 歇氣／歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
- 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)
Dialectal synonyms of
呼吸 (“to breathe”)
- 吸氣／吸气 (xīqì, “to inhale”)
- 呼吸 (hūxī)
- 呼氣／呼气 (hūqì, “to exhale”)
- 嗍氣／嗍气 (“to inhale”) (Taishanese)
- 透氣／透气 (tòuqì, “to breathe in fresh air”)
- 吐氣／吐气 (Hokkien)
- 呻氣／呻气 (san3 hi3) (Southern Pinghua)
- 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
- 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 嘆息／叹息 (tànxī)
- 嘆氣／叹气 (tànqì)
- 太息 (tàixī) (literary)
- 打咳聲／打咳声 (Harbin)
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