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透气

tòu qì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 透氣

透气 (tòu qì) means "to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 透气 means

1. to flow freely (of air)
2. to ventilate
3. to breathe (of fabric etc)
4. to take a breath of fresh air
5. to divulge

The characters in 透气

• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 我想尽快从这个不透气的屋子里出去。
  Wǒ xiǎng jǐnkuài cóng zhège bù tòuqì de wūzi lǐ chūqù.
  I want to move out of this cramped room as soon as I can.

Words containing 透气

• 不透气bù tòu qìairtight

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