索sok3氣hei3

simp索气

sok3 hei3suǒ qì

English

breath catching
to pant; to be out of breath; to be short of breath
(informal) taking a lot of effort, work or time

粵語 — Cantonese

好用力噉呼吸
要做好多嘢或者要用好多時間

Examples

佢索晒氣咁衝入間房度。
He burst into the room completely out of breath. ----
我老嚹，行幾步就索晒氣。
I'm old, even taking a few steps will make me completely out of breath.
佢講極都唔明，講到我索晒氣。
Even after explaining so many times he still doesn't understand, making me completely out of breath.

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

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