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喘吁吁

chuǎn xū xū

3-character word

What 喘吁吁 means

1. to puff and blow

The characters in 喘吁吁

• 喘chuǎnto gasp; to pant; asthma
• 吁yùto implore
• 吁yùto implore

Example sentences

• 他气喘吁吁的。
  Tā qìchuǎnxūxū de.
  He was out of breath.
• 游客攀登秘鲁安地斯山脉的一座山峰，历经两个小时才到达山顶，他们气喘吁吁。
  Tourists struggle for breath as they climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes.

Words containing 喘吁吁

• 气喘吁吁qì chuǎn xū xūto pant; to gasp for breath

Sounds the same

Read chuǎn xū xū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喘嘘嘘variant of 喘吁吁