粵

斷tyun5氣hei3

simp断气
tyun5 hei3duàn qì

English

  1. to stop breathing
  2. to breathe one's last
  3. to die
  4. to cut the gas supply
  5. to stop breathing, to breathe one's last, to die

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 氣絕身死

Examples

  • 胆小鬼在真正断气之前已经死过很多次。

    Cowards die many times before their deaths.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 你激到我就嚟斷氣喇!

    Stop being naughty! You're making me mad!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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