氣hei3來loi4氣hei3喘cyun2

simp气来气喘

hei3 loi4 hei3 cyun2qì lái qì chuǎn

English

to be out of breath; breathless; to gasp for air
gasping for breath

粵語 — Cantonese

上氣唔接下氣；呼吸急促，條氣唔順、抖氣抖得好辛苦

Examples

你做乜事跑到氣來氣喘？
Why did you run to the point of gasping for breath?
而家啲後生仔唔做運動，行幾級樓梯就氣來氣喘。
Teenagers nowadays don't exercise, only a few steps can make them short of breath.

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

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