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喘

chuǎn

HSK 6 Character

What 喘 means

1. to gasp
2. to pant
3. asthma

Example sentences

• 他有哮喘。
  Tā yǒu xiàochuǎn.
  He has asthma.
• 我有哮喘。
  I have asthma.
• 我哮喘发作了。
  Wǒ xiàochuǎn fāzuò le.
  I had an asthma attack.
• 他气喘吁吁的。
  Tā qìchuǎnxūxū de.
  He was out of breath.
• 他喘不过气来了。
  Tā chuǎnbuguòqìlái le.
  He was out of breath.
• 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.

Words starting with 喘

• 喘气chuǎn qìto breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath
• 喘息chuǎn xīto gasp for breath; to take a breather
• 喘振chuǎn zhèn(of turbomachinery) to surge; to pulsate
• 喘不过chuǎn bu guòto be unable to breathe easily
• 喘吁吁chuǎn xū xūto puff and blow
• 喘粗气chuǎn cū qìto pant heavily
• 喘不过气来chuǎn bu guò qì láito be unable to breathe
• 喘嘘嘘chuǎn xū xūvariant of 喘吁吁

Words containing 喘

• 气喘吁吁qì chuǎn xū xūto pant; to gasp for breath
• 哮喘xiào chuǎnasthma
• 气喘qì chuǎnto gasp for breath; asthma
• 哮喘病xiào chuǎn bìngasthma
• 苟延残喘gǒu yán cán chuǎn(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
• 残喘cán chuǎnremaining breath; last gasp
• 气喘喘qì chuǎn chuǎnbreathless
• 气喘病qì chuǎn bìngasthma
• 舒喘灵shū chuǎn língalbuterol, kind of chemical used in treating asthma
• 防喘振fáng chuǎn zhèn(turbomachinery design) anti-surge
• 气喘如牛qì chuǎn rú niúto breathe heavily like an ox (idiom); to huff and puff
• 说你胖你就喘shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎnlit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom)…
• 娇喘jiāo chuǎnfaint breathing

Characters built on 耑

These share the phonetic component 耑 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 端duān(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper
• 湍tuānto rush (of water)
• 颛zhuāngood; simple
• 遄chuánto hurry; to go to and fro

Characters that look like 喘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 偶ǒuaccidental; image; pair
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 崛juétowering as a peak
• 啮nièto gnaw; to erode
• 湍tuānto rush (of water)
• 惴zhuìanxious; worried

Sounds the same

Read chuǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 舛mistaken; erroneous; contradictory
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