chuǎn xī

HSK 7–9

喘息 (chuǎn xī) is a Chinese word meaning “to gasp for breath; to take a breather”.

Meanings

  1. 1to gasp for breath
  2. 2to take a breather
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 喘息

喘chuǎn · to gasp息xī · breath

Related words

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