氣喘吁吁

Chinese

		to be short of breath; to pant; to be dyspnoeic to be short of breath; to pant; to be dyspnoeic; asthma
trad. (氣喘吁吁)		氣喘	吁吁
simp. (气喘吁吁)		气喘	吁吁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìchuǎnxūxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ cyun² heoi¹ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìchuǎnxūxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìchuǎnsyusyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-chʻuan³-hsü¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: chì-chwǎn-syū-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihchoanshiushiu
    • Palladius: цичуаньсюйсюй (cičuanʹsjujsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ cyun² heoi¹ heoi¹
    • Yale: hei chyún hēui hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ tsyn² hoey¹ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ qun² hêu¹ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ t͡sʰyːn³⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

氣喘吁吁

1. to pant or gasp heavily; to be out of breath

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 哱哱喘, 氕伾喘