喘 meaning in English

chuǎn

to gasp; to pant

HSK 7-9verb12 strokes

Meaning of 喘

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuǎn
  1. to gasp
  2. to pant
  3. asthma

喘 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ还hái喘chuǎn不bù过guò气qì,说shuō不bù了liǎo话huà。
Tom is still too out of breath to speak.
跑pǎo上shàng山shān后hòu,我wǒ完wán全quán喘chuǎn不bù过guò气qì来lái。
After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.
他tā跑pǎo得de太tài快kuài,以yǐ至zhì于yú喘chuǎn不bù过guò气qì来lái。
He ran so fast that he was out of breath.
他tā喘chuǎn不bù过guò气qì来lái了le。
He was out of breath.
他tā有yǒu哮xiāo喘chuǎn。
He has asthma.

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喘 chuǎn · to gasp · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 喘.

喘息chuǎnxīto gasp for breath; to take a breather
喘气chuǎnqìto breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath
哮喘xiàochuǎnasthma
气喘吁吁qìchuǎnxūxūto pant; to gasp for breath
苟延残喘gǒuyáncánchuǎn(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
气喘qìchuǎnto gasp for breath; asthma

Questions about 喘

What does 喘 mean?

喘 (chuǎn) means "to gasp; to pant" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 喘?

喘 is made of 1 character: 喘 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 喘 an HSK word?

Yes. 喘 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.