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呼吸

hū xī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

呼吸 (hū xī) means "to breathe". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 呼吸 means

1. to breathe

The characters in 呼吸

• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb

Example sentences

• 请深呼吸。
  Take a deep breath, please.
• 呼吸困难。
  Breathing was difficult.
• 他在呼吸吗?
  Is he breathing?
• 我呼吸困难。
  I have trouble breathing.
• 您在呼吸吗？
  Are you breathing?
• 你在呼吸吗？
  Are you breathing?

Words starting with 呼吸

• 呼吸道hū xī dàorespiratory tract
• 呼吸器hū xī qì(medicine) ventilator
• 呼吸机hū xī jī(medicine) ventilator
• 呼吸管hū xī guǎnsnorkel
• 呼吸系统hū xī xì tǒngrespiratory system
• 呼吸调节器hū xī tiáo jié qìregulator (diving)

Words containing 呼吸

• 人工呼吸rén gōng hū xīartificial respiration (medicine)
• 上呼吸道感染shàng hū xī dào gǎn rǎnupper respiratory tract infection
• 睡眠呼吸暂停shuì mián hū xī zàn tíngsleep apnea
• 二级头呼吸器èr jí tóu hū xī qì(scuba diving) regulator; demand valve
• 中东呼吸综合征Zhōng dōng hū xī zōng hé zhēngMiddle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
• 严重急性呼吸系统综合症yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèngsevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
• 备用二级头呼吸器bèi yòng èr jí tóu hū xī qì(scuba diving) backup regulator; octopus

Where 呼吸 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hū xī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.