粵

缺kyut3氧joeng5

kyut3 joeng5quē yǎng

English

  1. lacking oxygen
  2. to suffer from hypoxia; not to have enough oxygen
  3. anaerobic

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔夠氧氣導致呼吸困難

Examples

  • 呢度好焗,我就嚟缺氧喇!

    It's very stuffy in here. I'm running out of oxygen.

  • 我们缺氧时就会打哈欠。

    We yawn when we are short of oxygen.

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

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