喘 (cyun2 | chuan3) : pant; gasp; breathe heavily

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喘

cyun2

chuan3

[1] [v] pant; gasp; breathe heavily; breathe hard [2] asthma (medicine)

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

喘

This word has been viewed 3189 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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氣喘病 hei3 cyun2 beng6 qi4 chuan3 bing4 = asthma

哮喘 haau1 cyun2 xiao4 chuan3 = asthma

氣喘 hei3 cyun2 qi4 chuan3 = be short of breath; shortness of breath; asthma

氣喘喘 hei3 cyun2 cyun2 qi4 chuan3 chuan3 = breathless

喘氣 cyun2 hei3 chuan3 qi4 = to breathe deeply; to pant

喘息 cyun2 sik1 chuan3 xi1 = to gasp for breath; to take a breather; to pant

氣來氣喘 hei3 loi4 hei3 cyun2 = to gasp; gasping for air

苟延殘喘 gau2 jin4 caan4 cyun2 gou3 yan2 can2 chuan3 = linger on in a worsening condition

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乜得你咁氣來氣喘？粵
Why are you gasping?

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Decimal representation of this word: 喘
Unicode code for this character: U+5598 (off-site link)

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