Meaning of 喘息
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chuǎnxī
- to gasp for breath
- to take a breather
Stroke order for each character
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喘 chuǎn · to gasp · 12 strokes
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息 xī · to end · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 喘息.
| 休息 | xiūxi | rest; to rest |
| 信息 | xìnxī | information; news; message |
| 消息 | xiāoxi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 利息 | lìxī | interest (on a loan) |
| 窒息 | zhìxī | to choke; to stifle |
| 气息 | qìxī | breath; smell |
| 平息 | píngxī | (of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) |
| 出息 | chūxi | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) |
| 息息相关 | xīxī-xiāngguān | closely bound up (idiom); intimately related |
| 川流不息 | chuānliú-bùxī | the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow |
| 经久不息 | jīngjiǔ-bùxī | (idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc) |
| 自强不息 | zìqiáng-bùxī | to strive unremittingly; self-improvement |
Questions about 喘息
What does 喘息 mean?
喘息 (chuǎnxī) means "to gasp for breath; to take a breather" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 喘息?
喘息 is made of 2 characters: 喘 (12 strokes), 息 (10 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 喘息 an HSK word?
Yes. 喘息 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.