喘 (chuǎn): to gasp, to pant, asthma
喘 (chuǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to gasp.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 耑 (phonetic). It ranks #1950 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 喘 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- to gasp
- to pant
- asthma
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哮喘noun | xiào chuǎn | asthma |
| 喘气verb | chuǎn qì | to breathe deeply |
| 喘息verb | chuǎn xī | to gasp for breath |
| 苟延残喘phrase | gǒu yán cán chuǎn | (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door |
| 气喘verb | qì chuǎn | to gasp for breath |
| 气喘吁吁phrase | qì chuǎn xū xū | to pant |
| 哮喘病 | xiào chuǎn bìng | asthma |
| 气喘病 | qì chuǎn bìng | asthma |
| 喘嘘嘘 | chuǎn xū xū | variant of 喘吁吁 |
| 喘不过气来 | chuǎn bu guò qì lái | to be unable to breathe |
| 说你胖你就喘 | shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎn | lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) |
| 喘不过 | chuǎn bu guò | to be unable to breathe easily |
| 气喘如牛phrase | qì chuǎn rú niú | to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom) |
| 喘粗气 | chuǎn cū qì | to pant heavily |
| 防喘振 | fáng chuǎn zhèn | (turbomachinery design) anti-surge |
喘 appears in 21 compound words: 38 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 喘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
他喘干舌燥地讲了两个小时，终于说服了大家。
tā chuǎn gān jī zào dì jiǎng le liǎng gě xiǎo shí , zhōng yú shuō fú le dà jiā .
He talked himself hoarse for two hours before finally convincing everyone.
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yóu xì dà hǎn fēn fēn bèi chū shòu , huò zhǔ dòng shōu suō zhàn xiàn , yī kào rè mén chǎn pǐn de zài xiàn mó shì gǒu yán cán chuǎn .
Major game companies are either being sold off or voluntarily scaling back their operations, relying on the online modes of their hit titles to stay afloat.
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跑上山后，我完全喘不过气来。
Pǎo shàngshān hòu, wǒ wánquán chuǎnbuguòqìlái.
After running up the hill, I was completely out of breath.
他跑得太快，以至于喘不过气来。
Tā pǎo de tài kuài, yǐzhìyú chuǎnbuguòqìlái.
He ran so fast that he was out of breath.
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