喘
chuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

喘
 - 
chuǎn
  1. to gasp
  2. to pant
  3. asthma

Character Decomposition

Related Words (14)

喘
chuǎn
  1. 1 to gasp
  2. 2 to pant
  3. 3 asthma
哮喘
xiào chuǎn
  1. 1 asthma
喘息
chuǎn xī
  1. 1 to gasp for breath
  2. 2 to take a breather
喘气
chuǎn qì
  1. 1 to breathe deeply
  2. 2 to pant
气喘
qì chuǎn
  1. 1 to gasp for breath
  2. 2 asthma

Idioms (2)

气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
  1. 1 to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
  2. 2 to huff and puff
苟延残喘
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
  1. 1 to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)

Sample Sentences

在卡尔维诺小说《车间里的母鸡》里的皮埃德罗，患哮喘的他一个人操纵四台机器，
zài kǎi\'ěrwéinuò xiǎoshuō 《chējiān lǐ de mǔjī 》lǐ de píāidéluó ，huàn xiàochuǎn de tā yī ge rén cāozòng sì tái jīqì ，
In Calvino's novel "The Workshop Hen", Pietro, with his asthma, operates four machines at the same time.
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他已经非常熟悉这项工作，以至于能准确地把自己气喘的拍子调节到工作的节奏中去，
tā yǐjīng fēicháng shúxī zhè xiàng gōngzuò ，yǐzhìyú néng zhǔnquè de bǎ zìjǐ qìchuǎn de pāizi tiáojié dào gōngzuò de jiézòu zhōng qù ，
He is so familiar with his task that he synchronized the pattern of his breath into the rhythm of the task.
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大叔，你喘气可以不要那么大声吗？我先去做杠铃卧推了，久没练，我的胸肌都扁了。
dàshū ，nǐ chuǎnqì kěyǐ bùyào nàme dàshēng ma ？wǒ xiān qù zuò gànglíng wòtuī le ，jiǔ méi liàn ，wǒ de xiōngjī dōu biǎn le 。
Mister, can you not breathe that loudly? I’m going to go and bench press the barbell first. It’s so long since I’ve worked out, my chest muscles are all flat.
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冷静冷静！先喘口气，又是什么狗屁倒灶的事惹到你啦？
lěngjìng lěngjìng ！xiān chuǎn kǒu qì ，yòushì shénme gǒupìdǎozào de shì rě dào nǐ la ？
Calm down! Calm down! First take a breath. What nonsense has you all riled up now?
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电话打好了。救护车10分钟后就到。他好像喘不过气，要不要做人工呼吸？
diànhuà dǎhǎo le 。jiùhùchē shí fēnzhōng hòu jiù dào 。tā hǎoxiàng chuǎnbuguòqì ，yàobùyào zuò réngōng hūxī ？
They’ve made the call and the ambulance will be here in 10 minutes. He seems to have trouble breathing. Should we give him a CPR?
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你是！但是你看看你，笑得就像头哮喘的驴一样停不下来。
nǐ shì ！dànshì nǐ kàn kan nǐ ，xiào de jiù xiàng tóu xiàochuǎn de lǘ yīyàng tíng bù xiàlai 。
You are! But look at you, hee-hawing away without being able to stop like a donkey.
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你说话真是太伤人啦！什么哮喘的驴？一点礼貌也不懂。
nǐ shuōhuà zhēn shì tài shāngrén la ！shénme xiàochuǎn de lǘ ？yīdiǎn lǐmào yě bù dǒng 。
You really speak in such a hurtful way! What do you mean a hee-hawing donkey? You really don't have any manners at all.
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