The Chinese word for to breathe is
呼吸
hūxī
Translations for to breathe and their definitions
| 呼吸 | |
| 1. v. to breathe; to exhale and inhale; (sometimes, specifically) to breathe in; to inhale | |
| 深 呼吸 - to breathe deeply | |
| 調tiáo整 呼吸 - to adjust one's breathing | |
| 呼吸 器官 - respiratory organ | |
| 呼吸 困難 - (to have) breathing difficulty | |
| 呼吸 急促 - to have laboured breathing | |
| 呼吸 新鮮 空氣 - to breathe in fresh air | |
| 停止 呼吸 - to stop breathing | |
| 已經 沒有 了 呼吸 - to be no longer breathing |
| 吸 | |
| 1. to breath in; to inhale | |
| 吸 一 口 氣 - to take a breath | |
| 吸塵器 - vacuum cleaner | |
| 2. to smoke | |
| 3. 吸煙 - to smoke cigarettes | |
| 4. 吸 大麻 - to smoke marijuana | |
| 5. to suck; to drink | |
| 吸奶 - to suckle; to suck milk | |
| 6. to absorb | |
| 吸油紙 - facial oil blotting paper | |
| 7. to attract | |
| 吸鐵石 - magnet | |
| 異 極 相 吸 - opposite poles attract | |
| Xi |
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