窒zat6息sik1

English

1. to choke
2. to stifle
3. to suffocate
4. to suffocate; to asphyxiateunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 呼吸唔到，唞唔到氣；人或者其他動物都需要氧氣，所以窒息係會死或者令腦部功能受損嘅unreviewed?

Examples

• 真是令人窒息。

  The whole thing is utterly oppressive.

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• unreviewed?

  睡眠窒息症

  sleep apnoea

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  驗屍證實佢係窒息致死嘅。

  The postmortem examination proved that he died of suffocation.