鼻息
bí xī
Pinyin

Definition

鼻息
 - 
bí xī
  1. breath

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
利息
lì xī
  1. 1 interest (on a loan)
  2. 2 CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
叹息
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
安息
ān xī
  1. 1 to rest
  2. 2 to go to sleep
  3. 3 to rest in peace
  4. 4 (history) Parthia
平息
píng xī
  1. 1 to settle (a dispute)
  2. 2 to quieten down
  3. 3 to suppress
息
xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]
气息
qì xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 odor
  4. 4 flavor
流鼻涕
liú bí tì
  1. 1 to have a runny nose
流鼻血
liú bí xiě
  1. 1 to bleed from the nose
  2. 2 (fig.) to be sexually aroused
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
窒息
zhì xī
  1. 1 to choke
  2. 2 to stifle
  3. 3 to suffocate
鼻
bí
  1. 1 nose
鼻塞
bí sè
  1. 1 a blocked nose
鼻子
bí zi
  1. 1 nose
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
鼻孔
bí kǒng
  1. 1 nostril
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
鼻屎
bí shǐ
  1. 1 snot
  2. 2 nasal mucus

Idioms (17)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
异香扑鼻
yì xiāng pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
鼻青眼肿
bí qīng yǎn zhǒng
  1. 1 a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face
  2. 2 fig. a setback
  3. 3 a defeat

Sample Sentences

我同意李强挠鼻子的说法，因为我听到了一些鼻息声。
wǒ tóngyì Lǐ Qiáng náo bízi de shuōfa ，yīnwèi wǒ tīngdào le yīxiē bíxīshēng 。
I agree with Li Qiang when he says he was scratching his nose, because I heard him breathing through his nose.
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