窒息

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Chinese

obstruct; stop up
 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (窒息) 窒 息
simp. #(窒息) 窒 息
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Pronunciation

Verb

窒息

  1. (intransitive, literally, medicine) to suffer asphyxia; to asphyxiate; to suffocate; to stifle
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to suffocate; to stifle
    窒息國家的活力／窒息国家的活力  ―  zhìxī guójiā de huólì  ―  to stifle the vitality of the country

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
窒 息
ちつ > ちっ
Grade: S 		そく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

窒(ちっ)息(そく) • (chissoku) 

  1. suffocation
  2. (medicine) asphyxia

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Verb

窒(ちっ)息(そく)する • (chissoku suru) suru (stem 窒(ちっ)息(そく)し (chissoku shi), past 窒(ちっ)息(そく)した (chissoku shita))

  1. suffocate, choke

Conjugation

Conjugation of "窒息する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 窒息し ちっそくし chissoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 窒息し ちっそくし chissoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 窒息する ちっそくする chissoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 窒息する ちっそくする chissoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 窒息すれ ちっそくすれ chissoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 窒息せよ¹
窒息しろ² 		ちっそくせよ¹
ちっそくしろ² 		chissoku seyo¹
chissoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 窒息される ちっそくされる chissoku sareru
Causative 窒息させる
窒息さす 		ちっそくさせる
ちっそくさす 		chissoku saseru
chissoku sasu
Potential 窒息できる ちっそくできる chissoku dekiru
Volitional 窒息しよう ちっそくしよう chissoku shiyō
Negative 窒息しない ちっそくしない chissoku shinai
Negative continuative 窒息せず ちっそくせず chissoku sezu
Formal 窒息します ちっそくします chissoku shimasu
Perfective 窒息した ちっそくした chissoku shita
Conjunctive 窒息して ちっそくして chissoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 窒息すれば ちっそくすれば chissoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
窒息

Noun

窒息 • (jilsik) (hangeul 질식)

  1. Hanja form? of 질식 (“suffocation”).
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