粵

氣hei3喘cyun2

simp气喘
hei3 cyun2qì chuǎn

English

  1. to gasp for breath
  2. asthma
  3. to pant; to be short of breath; to suffer from asthma.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 呼吸好唔順暢,可能係做完運動,或者哮喘發作。

Examples

  • 他气喘吁吁的。

    He was out of breath.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 遊客攀登秘魯安地斯山脈的一座山峰,歷經兩個小時才到達山頂,他們氣喘吁吁。

    Tourists struggle for breath as they climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 人年紀大咗,上親樓梯都氣喘。

    When one is getting older, one's always short of breath when one climbs the stairs.

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

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